Talk:Rhododendron Trail

For reference, the following newsletter clippings have been assembled. Newest information first.

Family hike: Ponies at Grayson Highlands, April 18, 2009 Leader: Tim Schaefer Rating: C/4/C The next installment of my bimonthly family/beginner hikes will be to see the ponies at Grayson Highlands State Park in Virginia. I'm hoping to see more baby ponies like I did this time of year last year. We'll hike out to see the ponies and keep hiking until the kids wear out. We'll also have an outdoor picnic at some point if it's warm enough. There will be toddlers so I'm anticipating a 1 to 4 mile hike if we have kids on foot or more if they all can get into backpacks and the carriers don't mind. We will leave around 9am and return by 5pm. Contact Tim Schaefer for details and to arrange transportation and meeting times.

Hike Report - Grayson Highlands and the Ponies, April 18, 2009 Tim Schaefer reporting We had 10 people, including four club members, show up for this fun group hike. We hiked out on the Rhododendron trail from Massie Gap and were soon in pony country as was quickly evident by all the droppings. Luckily we also saw ponies, eventually. There weren't the large herds of ponies like we saw last year, but I don't think anyone was disappointed. We saw a total of about 15 to 20 ponies. We did have a sighting of one baby pony with its mother, which everyone was happy to see. There was also a surprise finding of snow in a shady area of the trail. After some snow play, we headed back down towards the parking lot. We picked up the 2.1-mile Cabin Creek Trail to see the waterfall and ate lunch along the rocks in front of it.