Today I went on my first hike. My Mom and Dad took me to the White Oak Canyon trail in Shenandoah National Park. It was beautiful. The day was marked by low humidity, sun, and the mid-80's. We took off mid-morning and hiked in to the lower falls. There were actually two sets of falls. The first set was only about 15 feet high, but the second set was about 50 feet high. The water cascaded into a large pool of water which held several large trout. On the way up my Dad kept stopping at the pools and spotting the trout. It was a semi-strenous hike, well, not for me. My Mom carried me in and my Dad carried me out. I have a feeling my Dad will take me back when I'm old enough to fish the stream. He says he caught a 16 inch Rainbow Trout in that stream last year, but you know how fish stories are. I enjoyed the hike and hope we can do more.
