Week 5: Hiking Mary's Rock

This past week my family, some friends and I hiked Mary's Rock. Mary's Rock is part of the Shenandoah Mountains. The Shenandoah Mountains are also know as the Blue Ridge Mountains because they look blue from a distance.

Blue Ridge Mountains!! (:

Though the Shenandoah Mountains may not be the tallest mountains out there, they are part of the Appalachian Mountains, which are the oldest mountains in the world!

Even though I thought the hike was very hard, it was well worth it when we got to the top. 3.5 miles  For most of the hike up the ground was covered in snow and ice which made it treacherous and very difficult.

You can see all the snow and ice in this picture!

There was no snow on the top though because it was so sunny and warm. It got up to 70 degrees! I almost slipped two times but I caught myself both times. It would not have been good if I had slipped and fallen. I might have fallen off the mountain. I hope to go back eventually. :) 

We found a cool little rock seat on the way up!

Stay tuned for more posts every Friday.  
~Sara~