“It’s only five or six miles, maybe 20-25 minutes to the trailhead. But it’s been a while since I’ve been there.” That was the answer I gave when Gil and Sherrie asked before we left the gas station and Burger King in Salem VA. Salem VA is at Exit 141 on I-81, near Roanoke. Making […]
Trip Report
Paragon, Hazleton, PA
The first CORE trip to Paragon was in one word, “GREAT”! I think the only thing that might have made it better was if there had been a few more of us there. Mike Peterson’s plans changed at the last moment and he could not make it. Keith blew out his diff the previous weekend. […]
Bald Mountain
Saturday morning dawned cool with temperatures promising to get only into the upper 40’s. As Sherrie and I and the “wheel Chock” left home in our ’99 TJ, the westward skies looked overcast and gloomy. It wasn’t long however, before the overcast skies gave way to partly sunny conditions, and this set the stage for […]