Krisha and I dropped off Chase with the grandparents and headed for the trail. Destination: Bottom Creek Gorge owned by the Nature Conservatory, located on Bent Mountain, 45 min southwest of Roanoke. This is a neat place...there are old cemeteries, dilapidated cabins from the 1800s, a 200 ft waterfall, and about 6 miles of trail. Wildlife abounds as evidenced by the seven bounding whitetail deer and two turkeys (three if you count me) we observed.
Of the two cemeteries in the area, we found one. There were 4 grave stones and only one with a full name, Emily Hall, wife of R.W. Hall, born Feb 7, 1855, died Mar 17, 1930. Seventy-five years old, which was quite a ripe age for the time. Krisha and I were curious whether Emily would have felt the impact of the Great Depression, or maybe life was just as tough living on the side of a mountain in Appalachia. Makes you wonder.
The Nature Conservatory - Bottom Creek Gorge at EveryTrail
Map created by EveryTrail:GPS Geotagging
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