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40 years ago today: I eased the puppy off my pack and lifted it onto my shoulders. The #AppalachianTrail crossed Virginia Highway 601, a narrow, rural road, and went through an open field for a short distance

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before disappearing into the trees. I said good-bye to my two new friends and turned away, crossing the road and the field without looking back. I hiked for a long time before stopping to rest.

The trail soon began a long climb up Whitetop, the second-tallest mountain in Virginia.
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Extensive meadows covered the crest near the summit. I trod wide-open rocky grasslands beneath a hazy, whitewashed sky and felt my flagging spirits revive a little. It was a great place for me to be at that moment.
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The gap between Whitetop Mountain and Mount Rogers was home to another large meadow, filled with more bluets than I had seen in one place since southern North Carolina.

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