{"id":11749,"date":"2014-06-19T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=11749"},"modified":"2014-06-16T19:26:31","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T23:26:31","slug":"hiking-west-virginia-coopers-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/11749","title":{"rendered":"Hiking West Virginia: Coopers Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Location: Coopers Rock State Forest<\/a>
\nTrails: Rhododendron Trail, Mont Chateau Trail, Ridge Trail, Rock City Trail
\nDistance: 5.4 miles<\/a>
\nElevation: 1259 feet<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday we took a nice long hike at Coopers Rock. We hike most of the way down to the lake, but I’d spent a very long time playing in the stream, so decided to turn around so we wouldn’t have to climb an additional 100 feet.<\/p>\n

Towards the end of Mont Chateau trail (or rather, before we turned around) we came across this waterfall, which I would love to figure out how to hike down to without injuring myself.<\/p>\n

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But the best part was spent in the creek. I brought a pair of water shoes, so when we got down to the area I liked so much previously, I rolled up my pants, switched my boots for the water shoes and clambered around in the stream.<\/p>\n

It was cold<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But it also felt really good<\/em> on my bad ankle, so I wasn’t complaining at all.<\/p>\n

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The stream was gorgeous, and running quite high, as we’ve had rain rain rain rain rain.<\/p>\n

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I have my Rebel XSi back (I’d loaned it to my parents for their trip to Alaska) and as much I find it so much easier (and less nerve racking) to carry the XSi, the pictures aren’t quite as sharp as my other camera.<\/p>\n

But I’m not taking my good camera into a stream. So I’ll just have to live with it. :)<\/p>\n

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And then I came across a scene that made my day.<\/p>\n

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You could not have seen that from the bridge. You had to get down and hike in (or alongside) the stream.<\/p>\n

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Thank you, to whoever left that transient art. It’s marvelous.<\/p>\n

GPS Map of Hike<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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