We had done hike to Wolf Run Shoals on 17th June . It is located in Clifton, Virginia State.
Hike Location
Name: Wolf Run Shoals
Distance: 20 miles from Herndon(approx)
Total hiking distance: 4.3 miles.
Elevation Gain: 550 ft
Hike Team: my wife and me.
Hiking Experience: Started around 8:30 am in the morning. It was very near and reached our destination around 9:04 am. This was our first hike of this summer season and wanted to start off with a small and easy one and decided to take our time and thoroughly enjoy the trek. There were couple of cars at the parking lot. we started our hike around 9:10 am throug a narrow blue blazed trail which is at the end of the parking lot and it lead us to the jungle. The trail was wet due to the rainfall on the previous day. It was a cloudy day with not much sunshine and wind. The trail slowly descended down into the midst of jungle and reached an intersection with Bull Run Trail.
We continued on our trail. There were huge trees on both sides of the trail. Even though it was drizzling we had not experienced any rain droplets as we were covered with tree branches and leaves. There was a reservoir to the left of our trail and we traversed around its canal. Slowly the steep increased and we continue further. We reached a wooden bridge to cross the canal. The trail slope increased and we continued. Soon we were walking on path which felt like as though we were walking in a valley. On our hike, we found many fellow hikers along with their pets, some hiking twice on same day. As we walked further the trail got wider and we walked on couple more wooden bridges. We reached an intersection with an yellow blazed trail. We took the yellow trail. There were two huge white farm houses to our left. we continued on our trail. We then again joined the blue trail again after completing the loop. we had some food and then retraced our steps back to the parking lot. The scenery of the jungle with bright leaves and various types of trees was beautiful. The trail was having ups and downs and enjoyed hiking on it. Around 11:46 am we reached the parking lot. We have done some exercises for muscle relax and then reached home around 12:25 pm. It was a wonderful experience and we thoroughly enjoyed. All is well.
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