by Melanie McManus | Aug 31, 2021 | Potomac Heritage Trail 2020-21, Trail Journals, Virginia
I was pumped to be hiking the Mount Vernon Trail today for a variety of reasons. First, Maura was going to hike several hours with me in the morning. Shortly after that, my good friend Colleen was going to join me once again (she’d been with me a few days on the PHT...
by Melanie McManus | Sep 1, 2021 | Potomac Heritage Trail 2020-21, Trail Journals, Virginia
I didn’t plan to hike to the Neabsco area today from Prince William Forest Park. I’d hoped to pick up where I’d left off yesterday (Pope Leighey House), then hike the trails in the Mason Neck area and a little beyond. So why the change in plans?...
by Melanie McManus | Sep 2, 2021 | Potomac Heritage Trail 2020-21, Trail Journals, Virginia
Today’s goal was Mason Neck, although that wasn’t the original plan. Yesterday, today and tomorrow were/will be scattered itineraries, thanks to Hurricane Ida and some other issues. So today, I’d hoped to hike yesterday’s planned itinerary, which was to hike from the...
by Melanie McManus | Sep 3, 2021 | Potomac Heritage Trail 2020-21, Trail Journals, Virginia
I was stoked today to hike through the Occoquan section of the PHT, since this would mark the end of my exploration in this area of the trail. Before heading there, I first hiked a few miles out of Prince William Forest Park in the opposite direction that I’d...
by Melanie McManus | Sep 4, 2021 | Potomac Heritage Trail 2020-21, Trail Journals, Virginia
Today starts a new section of the PHT – an angled path along the Potomac (Virginia side) from Ball’s Bluff to D.C. As it’s a Saturday, Maura decided to join us for the day. So we headed out for Ball’s Bluff Regional Park bright and early in the...