A hike up OLD RAG!

"Really Awesome God- I'll explain just hang on and let me start here...
Jaima went on this hike about a month ago with the youth group to OLD RAG MOUNTAIN. She came home all excited and with some awesome photos that I posted on here recently. When I shared with her on Sunday that Jamie and I were going on a hike to Old Rag Mountain with some friends- she was soooo excited for us!!! We took off after we got them off to school. The drive was just beautiful with the fall foliage- farms to die for- and just the site of NOOOOOOOOOOO CITY LIFE felt so good. We arrive at the mountain and start the 6-7 mile hike up. I won't lie- it was a challenge for me but NOPE I would not admit one bit that I needed a rest- now I won't say I didn't moan and groan. We stop at the open overlook views to take it all in- bright yellow and orange foliage every where. We reach what is called the "rock scramble" area... it was just awesome the walkway through all these humungo boulders (yes I just made up that word!) Actually, it wasn't a WALKWAY- we had to climb and use muscles we never knew we had. Mission accomplished- then we cont. our trip to the summit- once we reached the top... it was just breathtaking! Words cannot describe the beauty of what we seen. We took it all in- grabbed some photo shots- then headed down. As we were coming down, we wondered just how do they come up with a name for a mountain? After getting to the summit- taking it all in- it is obvious why this mountain is called Old RAG Mountain.. Rag standing for Really Awesome God! It's days like these- views like we seen- birds soaring in the sky- that make you stop and realize just how AWESOME God is!! Thanks Alecia and Daryl for asking us to go on this hike... it was AWESOME!!!
Click on the small photo below to get to the option to view the slideshow in a larger window. Bump up the seconds that the photos rotate to 5 and sit back and enjoy the beauty of OLD RAG MOUNTAIN.

Old Rag VA 2008