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Hiking is humbling. It is the only place where one can feel infinitesimal and yet mighty at the same time. Here are our trail stories . . .

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We Eloped and Here Is Why It Was Perfect

  • by Soul of a Seeker
  • Posted on January 15, 2021January 17, 2021

“I’m so happy we eloped,” one of us said — It doesn’t matter who because we both felt that way. Eloping meant this — him and me, intertwined fingers, talking and truly seeing one another.

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  • Trails

Virginia’s High Bridge Hike (Our Cat Walks on a Leash for His First Hike)

  • by Soul of a Seeker
  • Posted on October 22, 2020October 22, 2020

For a moment — for an afternoon — Andy and I were able to escape it all and simply take our cat on a leash for a walk in the mountains . . .

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  • Shenandoah National Park

Virginia’s Dark Hollow Falls Hike

  • by Soul of a Seeker
  • Posted on April 9, 2020August 18, 2020

It is rare I’m willing to re-hike any trail; however, when it comes to the Three Falls hike, I vote the seventy-foot Dark Hollow Falls for its height and beauty.

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  • Shenandoah National Park

Virginia’s Rose River Falls Hike

  • by Soul of a Seeker
  • Posted on April 8, 2020April 21, 2020

People often talk of one of Shenandoah National Park’s most popular cascades: Rose River Falls. What they do not know though is that if you wander off trail and follow the river down, you will be rewarded with an even larger waterfall.

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  • George Washington National Forest

Virginia’s Falling Spring Falls Hike

  • by Soul of a Seeker
  • Posted on March 31, 2020August 17, 2020

President Thomas Jefferson and I have something in common: We both were charmed by Falling Spring Falls, a mystical eighty-foot waterfall in the beautiful blue Alleghany Highlands.

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  • Bears Den Park

Virginia’s Bears Den Hike

  • by Soul of a Seeker
  • Posted on December 23, 2019April 11, 2020

We set off for a sunset at one vista before hiking in the moonlight to another where we would watch a sunrise the following morning . . . but nature had other plans . . . other plans as in tornado watch right where we were . . .

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  • George Washington National Forest

Virginia’s The Priest Hike and Camp

  • by Soul of a Seeker
  • Posted on December 20, 2019April 27, 2020

It was the most beautiful hike we have yet to be on: Colorful flower blooms lined the trail and the most breathtaking mountain cliff sunset and sunrise made this hike extraordinarily magical.

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  • Jefferson National Forest

Virginia’s Cove Mountain Hike

  • by Soul of a Seeker
  • Posted on July 30, 2019December 26, 2019

We followed the trail of flowers where butterflies danced in front of us, zooming in and out of the blooms to suck more nectar . . .

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  • George Washington National Forest

West Virginia’s White Rock Cliff Hike

  • by Soul of a Seeker
  • Posted on July 25, 2019December 26, 2019

This cliff view resembled a painting: There were trees with pops of vibrant reds, yellows, and greens — others, white with flower pedals. Then, as if it couldn’t get any better, a bald eagle shot out from the valley, swooping in the air before circling over the Blue Ridge.

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  • Shenandoah National Park

Virginia’s Cedar Run Falls Hike

  • by Soul of a Seeker
  • Posted on July 9, 2019December 27, 2019

At the waterfall, we let the hours slip by as we followed the flowing water down the mountain. Hopping over the rocks, we smiled and laughed, challenging each other to stone skipping contests in this little piece of forest we had to ourselves . . .

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  • Shenandoah National Park

Virginia’s White Oak Canyon Hike

  • by Soul of a Seeker
  • Posted on July 7, 2019December 26, 2019

It was a frigid winter day when we hiked to one of Shenandoah National Park’s most famous waterfalls, White Oak Canyon.

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  • Jefferson National Forest

Virginia’s Peaks of Otter’s Sharp Top Mountain Hike

  • by Soul of a Seeker
  • Posted on June 2, 2019January 4, 2020

This hike made me feel calm, gleeful, and child-like — giggling with Andrew as the wind gusts pushed against us and as we squeezed inside tiny crevices of gigantic boulders.  This is love amplified in countless forms.

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  • James River Park

Virginia’s Floodwall Hike

  • by Soul of a Seeker
  • Posted on May 24, 2019December 26, 2019

And this is Richmond, our Richmond — a big little city (as residents say), one that boasts of its river so much the area is nicknamed “The River City.”  Here’s more on our walk along the floodwall . . .

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  • George Washington National Forest

Virginia’s Mount Pleasant Hike

  • by Soul of a Seeker
  • Posted on May 9, 2019December 26, 2019

It felt a mighty battle between gods for light and darkness.  Deep grey clouds suffocated the sun and loomed over the blue valley while the sun struggled to pierce through in broken patches of light.

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  • Shenandoah National Park

Virginia’s Bearfence Mountain/Bear Church Rock Hike

  • by Soul of a Seeker
  • Posted on April 22, 2019December 26, 2019

This is our home.  This is where we feel most comfortable — where the sun and moon shine together and where colors are at their prime.  This is where the world stands still but also blurs by and we grasp — keep trying to grasp — that moment where we, too, can freeze in time.

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Walking to the very spot on Franklin Cliffs in She Walking to the very spot on Franklin Cliffs in Shenandoah National Park where Andy proposed...

Photo courtesy Ash Carr Photography
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I know it’s silly to say this (because I love th I know it’s silly to say this (because I love them all) but this is one of my favorite pictures from our elopement ❤️
Every time we went hiking we talked about how incredible it would be to happen upon an officiant and photographer who could marry us — marry us on the trial, marry us even as we were sweaty and in hiking clothes and boots. True we are definitely dressed up for our wedding but that feeling we talked about so many times — of feeling comfortable and in our element, of feeling happy, of feeling carefree, more — I just feel that this picture captures all perfectly ❤️

Photo courtesy Ash Carr Photography 
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We met as strangers interested in becoming hiking We met as strangers interested in becoming hiking partners and from there, talks of thru-hiking the Appalachian Trial became our dream. Andy proposed at the very spot we got married — Shenandoah’s Franklin Cliffs on the coveted AT ❤️
It was a private elopement with just Andy and me, our officiant and our photographer/florist, and it honestly could not have been better...

Photo courtesy Ash Carr Photography 
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