Virginia Day 4 Grayson

Today we leave the New River to look for Purgatory Falls. We drove for about and hour and a half until we got to the gate leading to the trailhead. To our surprise the gate was locked – the falls were part of a Methodist church camp.  We wouldn’t have been...

Virginia Day 3- Grayson

I woke up early because of the train that went RIGHT by our campsite. I got out of the tent to notice that the river was a lot bigger than I thought. I went to the back of the teardrop and pulled out fishing gear. I woke up my mom on accident getting out fishing gear....

Day 2 Virginia Grayson

Today we headed down from our campsite and hiked to the Natural Tunnel. We found the trail that led us to the tunnel. On the way down we passed Lovers Leap. The rocks, funny enough, looked like elephant skin. A story tells of an Indian who jumped off the rock after...

Virginia Day 1 Grayson

Today we start our drive out to Virginia! As our first stop we would be going to Natural Tunnel State Park. We loaded into the car and were going to be it the tunnel in about a two hour drive. UGH. Driving is the part I don’t like. Long and boring, (with...

Eighth day Colorado Grayson

Today we are heading to Estes Park! Along the way, though, we are going to check out James Peak. It was also featured in the book.  In the print there was a frozen lake at the foot of the mountain. but there were tons of lakes around James Peak. So we were not sure...