Jon, Carol, Anne, Don (A)
Anne at Luray Cavern (D)
Luray Cavern (D)
Luray Cavern (A)
Luray Cavern (D)
Dark Hollow Falls Walk (J)
Dark Hollow Falls Walk (J)
Dark Hollow Falls Walk (J)
Dark Hollow Falls Walk (D)
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A note on Photographs - All of us are taking pictures - I'll do my best to give photo credits with an initial, but if I miss one be sure to let me know! J = Jon, D = Don, A = Anne & C = Carol. You can usually tell Anne's - her camera puts the date on the image! Also, most of the images are scans of old & faded prints, so the quality may not be all that hot.
June 8 - Luray Caverns & Dark Hollow Falls (66.2mi)
After a night of listening to the pleasant sound of raindrops on the tents, we headed out to visit Luray Caverns. It's a very pretty cave with many different formations.
On the way back we saw a sign for the Dark Hollow Falls at mile 50.7 of Skyline Drive. Well, since I am a sucker for waterfall photos (See my Waterfall Page) why not? Why not is because going to & back from the lowest falls became known as the "Death Walk." Now none of us is in what anyone would refer to as "great shape" & it was a hot & humid day, and we didn't have a guide describing the walk (although I believe there is a typo in the guide I linked to - it is about a 400' not 1400' drop), so those are the excuses, but we all thought we were going to die before we made it back to the cars. It was a bit deceptive - going was all down hill, but you had to return. Anyway, there are two large falls & many cascades.
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Jon, Carol, Anne, Don (A) |
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Luray Cavern (D) |
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Luray Cavern (A) |
Luray Cavern (D) |
Dark Hollow Falls Walk (J) |
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Dark Hollow Falls Walk (J) |
Dark Hollow Falls Walk (J) |
Dark Hollow Falls Walk (D) |
After hiking out of the Hollow, we drove back to the Big Meadows Campground for another wet evening.
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March 21, 2012