{"id":14188,"date":"2018-02-04T09:37:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T14:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=14188"},"modified":"2018-02-04T09:37:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T14:37:33","slug":"hiking-wv-new-river-gorge-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/14188","title":{"rendered":"Hiking WV: New River Gorge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It had warmed up by the time we made it to New River Gorge, but there was still snow, and it was still beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>We hadn&#8217;t been to endless wall in the winter before, so I was surprised to see 1) how close we actually were to the ground and 2) the shape of the underlying mountains.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/39171224885\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-02-03_New_River_Gorge_21\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4707\/39171224885_c0373c5bb6.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"2018-02-03_New_River_Gorge_21\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With the leaf fall, you can see across the river to the Kaymoor Miners Trail and old Kaymoor Mine site.<\/p>\n<p>If you zoom in on this picture, you can more clearly see the 821 steps down to the railroad tracks.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/39171220875\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-02-03_New_River_Gorge_2\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4705\/39171220875_eebe267c54.jpg?resize=333%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"2018-02-03_New_River_Gorge_2\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here is the bottom of the site and you can see the decayed buildings and ghosts of the railroad tracks.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/39171219245\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-02-03_New_River_Gorge_3\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4698\/39171219245_530bb00879.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"2018-02-03_New_River_Gorge_3\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The trail itself is a relatively easy and has an amazing payoff.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/39171228085\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-02-03_New_River_Gorge_29\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4763\/39171228085_d8480e3fe6.jpg?resize=333%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"2018-02-03_New_River_Gorge_29\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We wandered off trail a bit to explore the creek.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/40037077882\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-02-03_New_River_Gorge_31\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4667\/40037077882_6f94f2d486.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"2018-02-03_New_River_Gorge_31\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/40037076582\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-02-03_New_River_Gorge_37\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4751\/40037076582_29f6fae63c.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"2018-02-03_New_River_Gorge_37\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It had warmed up by the time we made it to New River Gorge, but there was still snow, and it was still beautiful. 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