Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Topographical map of just where the hell I am

If you look really closely, or just double click on the photo to enlarge it, over to the left you can see a black spot on the map. Directly above that is the Canaan Valley State PK. That's where we are. I crossed the Appalachian Trail on Route 66 out of DC on my first run through the Blue Ridge Range, through the Little North, then Great North Ranges, then the South Branch Range of the Shenandoahs. All this before even coming to Moorefield which you can see as the yellow spot on the upper right side of the picture. From there, I went down south around the Northern edge of the South Fork Mountains, on through the valley created by the South Branch of the Potomac River that runs South by the New Creek and Nobly Mountains (the Easternmost edge of the Allegheny Range). That brings you to Seneca Rocks, (pictured later) which lets you know you're about to get into the real climb through the Allegheny Mountains. A word of advice, when they say 15 mph around a curve, do it!

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