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  • Mountaintop Trail

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    Posted on July 7th, 2009sherryPhotography

    Nary a bear did I see walking this short easy trail. The greatest danger I encountered was found in this mountain meadow:

    pasture

    Here is the source of the danger. He seemed to be alone in the pasture but he was one productive pony and it was necessary to step carefully crossing his territory.

    grazer

    Still, I figured his calm grazing was a pretty good sign no bears were in the immediate vicinity.

    Here’s some perspective:

    perspective

    Wildacres is on Pompey’s Knob, which is on Pompey’s Ridge. I think that’s Seven-Mile Ridge in the background. You can see from the photo why these are called the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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