{"id":14181,"date":"2018-01-21T11:18:41","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T16:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=14181"},"modified":"2018-01-21T11:18:41","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T16:18:41","slug":"hiking-wv-canaan-valley-blackwater-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/14181","title":{"rendered":"Hiking WV: Canaan Valley &#038; Blackwater Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since we&#8217;d had a cold snap after the rains, and since temps were supposed to start rising, we took Friday to travel to <a href=\"https:\/\/wvstateparks.com\/park\/blackwater-falls-state-park\/\">Blackwater Falls<\/a> in hopes that the falls were frozen. <\/p>\n<p>It hadn&#8217;t bee cold enough to freeze the falls completely, but there was still a fair amount of ice.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/25916020188\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-01-19_Blackwater_Falls_29\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4721\/25916020188_d3327401c5.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"2018-01-19_Blackwater_Falls_29\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Why yes, I did ignore the &#8220;Closed&#8221; sign and went down the stairs.<\/p>\n<p>For this view? It was worth it. (Plus, I was very careful.)<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/25916014208\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-01-19_Blackwater_Falls_24\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4620\/25916014208_2f1b41d906.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"2018-01-19_Blackwater_Falls_24\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pretty!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/39078202704\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-01-19_Blackwater_Falls_28\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4757\/39078202704_d88fd07593.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"2018-01-19_Blackwater_Falls_28\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We also went down to Elakala Falls. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/39788421851\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-01-19_Blackwater_Falls_104\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4626\/39788421851_0a827cc5c8.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"2018-01-19_Blackwater_Falls_104\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Let me be clear, the scramble down is never especially easy, but in the winter, especially after a lot of rain and then a snap freeze, the path is treacherous.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/39078224524\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-01-19_Blackwater_Falls_55\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4622\/39078224524_9f1aaffe5f.jpg?resize=281%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"281\" height=\"500\" alt=\"2018-01-19_Blackwater_Falls_55\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We wore <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2Dn3Bk8\">Yaktrax<\/a>, because I know very well how clumsy I am.<\/p>\n<p>But it was well worth it.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/39078225344\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-01-19_Blackwater_Falls_62\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4629\/39078225344_30526301a8.jpg?resize=333%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"2018-01-19_Blackwater_Falls_62\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Because it was already warming up, water was starting to trickle down the icicles. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/39078226604\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-01-19_Blackwater_Falls_63\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4621\/39078226604_0fe708ac01.jpg?resize=333%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"2018-01-19_Blackwater_Falls_63\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We also went to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canaanresort.com\/\">Canaan Valley SP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/38889352335\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-01-19_Canaan_Valley_27\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4603\/38889352335_390eae6a96.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"2018-01-19_Canaan_Valley_27\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I mentioned that earlier we&#8217;d had rain and then a quick freeze earlier. I hadn&#8217;t quite thought about how that would affect this boggy, marshy area.<\/p>\n<p>What happened is that the low areas flooded, and then froze. So any low-lying ground ended up covered in ice.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/38889350495\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-01-19_Canaan_Valley_7\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4749\/38889350495_d8f5b28584.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"2018-01-19_Canaan_Valley_7\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Normally we&#8217;ll walk out to the end of this bit of land, but the path was solid ice&#8211;and slippery. So we just looked (it wasn&#8217;t worth the view to pull out and put on the Yaktrax). It was pretty amazing.<\/p>\n<p>If you look closely at this picture, you&#8217;ll see that a layer of ice formed on the grass, several inches above the ground.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/38889345905\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-01-19_Canaan_Valley_15\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4629\/38889345905_ef76cd0c80.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"2018-01-19_Canaan_Valley_15\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It was a wonderful day, and I&#8217;m glad we were able to get away to enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/38889348815\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-01-19_Canaan_Valley_40\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4769\/38889348815_d316e5a137.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"2018-01-19_Canaan_Valley_40\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since we&#8217;d had a cold snap after the rains, and since temps were supposed to start rising, we took Friday to travel to Blackwater Falls in hopes that the falls were frozen. It hadn&#8217;t bee cold enough to freeze the falls completely, but there was still a fair amount of ice. Why yes, I did [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1069,22,1068,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiking","category-photos","category-state-parks","category-west-virginia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pefxA-3GJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}