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| Bear Rocks at Dolly Sod, WV |
So, its been a spell since I last posted a blog but I'm back! I spent some of my time away camping out at Blackwater Falls State Park in Davis, WV. Early one morning I made a trek out of the campgrounds and towards Dolly Sod. If you have never been to Dolly Sod you are in for quite the adventure. You drive through rural back country roads until the road simply stops and turns to gravel. Then you keep going up the side of the mountain. Eventually you reach the mountain top and you travel about 8 miles along the crest of the Appalachian Front. If you still keep on driving you will arrive at a parking lot just beyond a very unimproved camp ground. You have now arrived at Bear Rocks.
Bear Rocks is windy. First and foremost. Second and secondmost it is covered in bushes. Huckleberry and Blackberry bushes to be exact. There are these strange paths between the bushes that are in effect a maze. Every now and then you pass over a rock with little white rocklets that are sharp as razor blades. So you are scratched by the bushes and cut by the rocks and if you are not careful you are also lost. Added bonus, if you are there in the fall you are also covered in sticky berry juice.
If you select the right combination of paths you will arrive at the eastern point of Bear Rocks which overlooks the valley and countless little mountain peaks. And if your luck still holds out you might just witness an epic sunrise. With the help and luck of the photo dog I arrived and the sunrise was spectacular. This place is not for the faint, but it can be quite rewarding.
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