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Rose River Trail
3 Sep 2022 10:39I made it back to the Shenandoah this past week to walk the Rose River Trail. I had been there back in 2018.
It's a nice loop but steep in places, so my legs were tired by the end. As before, I noted the bugs -- every time you stop to take a picture, the bugs surround you. The trail connects to Dark Hollow Trail, which I walked back in 2015, but since Dark Hollow is also steep, I think I will always keep them separate.
I walked it clockwise this time to see which I liked better, and I think it's a toss up. Like all Skyline Drive trails, you go down from the Drive, which is along the mountain ridges and then back up, and it can be steep. Clockwise or counter clockwise, you will get some steepness on the way back up to the Drive. Clockwise does put you back on the access road, so that last ½ mile is an incline but flat walking (not rocky). So perhaps clockwise is better.
I actually find it hard to take photos in the woods, and at the Skyline Drive. There is a jumble of rocks, trees, branches, leaves...it's hard to find a focal point and hard to 'tell the story' of the place.
This is what I think of when I think of the Shenandoah -- old hardwood forests / green / running water.
I got a late start in the morning, so instead of having lunch on the last part of the trail, I had lunch on the first part of the trail this time. And since I went the opposite direction, I "think" I actually sat and had my lunch at the very same spot as before. I had a memory flashback of sitting on the same rocks among the Mountain Laurel eating my same peanut butter and jelly sandwich, lol.
It's a nice loop but steep in places, so my legs were tired by the end. As before, I noted the bugs -- every time you stop to take a picture, the bugs surround you. The trail connects to Dark Hollow Trail, which I walked back in 2015, but since Dark Hollow is also steep, I think I will always keep them separate.
I walked it clockwise this time to see which I liked better, and I think it's a toss up. Like all Skyline Drive trails, you go down from the Drive, which is along the mountain ridges and then back up, and it can be steep. Clockwise or counter clockwise, you will get some steepness on the way back up to the Drive. Clockwise does put you back on the access road, so that last ½ mile is an incline but flat walking (not rocky). So perhaps clockwise is better.
I actually find it hard to take photos in the woods, and at the Skyline Drive. There is a jumble of rocks, trees, branches, leaves...it's hard to find a focal point and hard to 'tell the story' of the place.
This is what I think of when I think of the Shenandoah -- old hardwood forests / green / running water.
I got a late start in the morning, so instead of having lunch on the last part of the trail, I had lunch on the first part of the trail this time. And since I went the opposite direction, I "think" I actually sat and had my lunch at the very same spot as before. I had a memory flashback of sitting on the same rocks among the Mountain Laurel eating my same peanut butter and jelly sandwich, lol.
