Bridges on the Appalachian Trail. This is the bridge over the Potomac River carrying hikers north out of Harpers Ferry into Maryland. #appalachiantrail #bridges #Maryland #at2015
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Bridges on the Appalachian Trail. This is the bridge that carries the Trail over the Shenandoah River, taking hikers into Harpers Ferry from the south. #appalachiantrail #bridges #at2015
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Bridges on the Appalachian Trail. This one in the ‘Roller Coaster’ section of the Trail in northern Virginia. #appalachiantrail #Virginia #bridges #at2015
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Fungi on the Appalachian Trail. These little (1inch) guys are in the ‘Roller Coaster’ section of the #appalachiantrail in northern Virginia. #Virginia #fungus #mushrooms #at2015
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Fungi on the Appalachian Trail. These tiny little red ones are less than inch tall and growing right in the middle of the Appalachian Trail, north of Shenandoah National Park. #appalachiantrail #Virginia #mushroom #fungus #at2015
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Bridges on the Appalachian Trail. This one just north of where we walked under I-66, near Linden, VA. The lack of bridge photos over the last tells you something about the terrain and water sources in the Shenandoah National Park. #appalachiantrail #bridges #Virginia #at2015
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Two weeks hiking in Shenandoah National Park (one just now, and one 11 months ago) and these are the only bears I saw. In a gift shop. A little disappointing. #appalachiantrail #Virginia #SNP #at2015
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YES! The answer is yes. (sign at Thornton Gap where there used to be another restaurant, gone now 12 years or so.) #appalachiantrail #SNP #at2015
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Flower of the day: Fly Poison (Amianthium muscaetoxicum) grows a foot or two tall on a thin stalk that rises up from a set of long daylily-like leaves. #appalachiantrail #Virginia #flowers #SNP #at2015
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