Indian Rocks Walk on Veteran’s Day 2013

On Veteran’s Day we visited Indian Rocks up on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The sky was so blue, but it was dark in the area with the huge boulders. 

There were shadows everywhere. MY imagination went crazy as we walked through the area.

I teased Buddy and called him Chief Foxfire on the way to a pow wow.

I can just see all the tribal elders seated in a circular fashion in this area

 that makes me think of a rock filled amphitheater.

This would have made a great place for the children to play Hide and Seek.

A centinal post???

 The War God Is Watching You

 And So Is the One Eyed God

Why do we always have to have the graffiti?

 This rock formation makes me think of a sculpture 
depicting a mother consoling her child.

More graffiti...why???

Here I am, Princess Baga, taking another rest. I take a lot of these now when we are out hiking around and about. The view up through the trees was drop dead gorgeous, and the rock was cold as ice. My hat is an on 40’s styled one handmade in Seattle where my middle son works. It is wool and is lined with a thin fleece...one of my treasures. Yes, it is red! I LOVE red!

"Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods.

 Wash your spirit clean.”

~John Muir

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Scenic Weekends

Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Indian Rocks on Blue Ridge Parkway

Indian Gap

Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia

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When you walk up the path , you have no idea of what is in store for yourself. There is a huge what seems like circular area of the biggest rocks I have ever seen. They would make a professional basketball player look like a short little child. Even if it did feel like 10 degrees below zero up there in the wind, it was worth the agony, and I cannot wait to return with our picnic basket, camera, and a quilt.  To me the rock all have Indian-like faces to them. Maybe that is how they became called Indian Rocks. Go to this site to see some photos of the area. The article says the origin of the name in unknown. 

http://www.cnyhiking.com/BRP-IndianGapTrail.htm

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Mosaic Monday and Scenic Sunday