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| As you may remember, we visited Blackwater Falls on our way home. |
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| We spent the night at the nearby Canaan Valley State Park lodge. |
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| The next morning we took the ski lift up to Bald Knob. This was a bit out of my comfort zone as I am afraid of heights. |
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| After we got off of the chairlift, we had another mile to hike to get to the summit. The first part of the trail was in dappled sun. |
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| I like these kind of forests--not much brush, but lots of moss and ferns. |
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| As we got near the top, we went out of the trees and into an area that was covered with wild blueberries. Unfortunately, we didn't find many. However, the family with 7 kids who got there before us did find several containers full. |
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| The summit was at 4308 feet (1313 meters) and had great views of the valley and the mountains beyond. |
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| Ward enjoyed the view, also. |
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| On the way back down we saw a lot of butterflies on the sunny part of the trail, like this one. |
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| And this one on the bear droppings. |
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| And these two who were involved in some kind of mating dance. |
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| We rode the chairlift again and Ward studied the engineering of the whole thing. |
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| Then we got on the road to drive the rest of the way home. |
