Old Rag Mountain

On Sunday, Jake and I hiked Old Rag Mountain. Jake ran this last spring with Dr. Horten (crazy running professor at LU) and suggested we hike. When we decided to hike Old Rag, little did we know that it was over 2 hours away....but we went anyway and it was AMAZING!! Probably the best hike I have ever been on.

Old Rag Mountain


When we got there at 3:00 in the afternoon and headed out on the hike, we met about 30 people that were finishing the hike. We also did not realize until we got there that the hike was 8.8 miles...and we had a super hard workout on Monday. Oh well. We didn't drive all that way to NOT hike Old Rag! So, we headed up. Here are some pictures of the hike:

Beginning of the hike :-)



Checking out the awesome views!



Going through the 'squeeze'


One word: WOW!!!!!


Picnic lunch near the top!





At the summit: 3,291 feet!!!! It was FREEZING up there, but SO worth it!!!











We finished it in the dark. Jake had his head lamp with him, but didn't even need to use it because we were on the road by the time it got dark.












Then we had to stop at Chipotles while we were in Charlottesville. It was my first Chipotle experience and I'll just say it was amazing. I will definitely be going back there!!!!!












Needless to say, it was an amazing day! :-)