Many parks and even our national forests encourage people to come to a First Day Hike. This is a way to celebrate the first day of the new year by getting outdoors for a hike. Here in Virginia, it has become enormously popular.
Seven Bends State Park held four scheduled ranger-led hikes, beginning in the early morning. I did not go to one of those, mainly because I can’t walk very far at this time. However, staff was there all day, so when Charlie and I arrived in late afternoon, the parking lots were still almost full. Ranger Wesley said a couple hundred people had been there. I am impressed by how many people came out to hike on a cold winter day.
I take Charlie there once or twice a week because he loves it and it is not far from home. We have to cross a small bridge over the North Fork. Sometimes it floods, and you can’t get there, but we’ve had a drought for a while, so the river is quite low.
The beach in the foreground is often under water. It is covered with small shells.
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