Ocean and Laura in the forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains

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In the Blue Ridge Mountains

Laura and I made it to Mount Rogers, the highest point in Virginia, in May 2025. Tall spruce and fir trees were all around us in the Blue Ridge. It was a cold, cloudy day, only in the upper 40s, with a light breeze.

Mount Rogers is a wooded summit, and the high point is in the trees rather than on a bare rock cap. We walked the forest and I took this photo along the way.

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