Old Rag

Another open house and a beautiful, sunny Sunday meant the perfect opportunity to head to the mountains.  We decided the boys were old enough to try Old Rag.  We really could not have asked for more perfect weather!  We got a later start than we wanted, not arriving at the Old Rag parking lot until noon.  This meant that we couldn't linger as long at the top or go as slowly as we might have wanted at times, but it also meant that we missed any bottlenecks of hikers on the rock scramble.   

We parked at the Old Rag lot, which meant a .88 mile walk to the trail head.  We decided to do the loop, which meant that we descended the other side of the mountain almost to the White Oak parking lot, before finishing the hike with a 2.25 mile trek on a fire road.  That fire road was pretty boring and a bit of a drag at the end.  I think we decided that next time, we'll try parking at the White Oak lot and starting off on the fire road. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The rock scramble was a HUGE hit with the kids! We all had some creative body contortions to leverage ourselves up and over the boulders.

 

 

 

 

The colors may not have been quite at their peak, but it was pretty close!  Combined with the weather and the fact that we actually had a free Sunday, I'm glad we snagged the opportunity for the hike.  It's a tough one, but the kids did great and we'll definitely do it again.