Hiking at Pilot Mountain State Park

It was supposed to be cooler today, so we headed out after breakfast for a hike at Pilot Mountain State Park.   (9+ miles, 2600 ft of elevation change and 5 hours was our day today!!)

The view driving towards the park - we've never driven here, but have seen it several times from the air, of course.

There is a road to the top, but we didn't take it!  We started out on foot, from the bottom!

Views from the trail.

Lots of rock steps on the way up!

View of the Yadkin Valley.

Selfie from an overlook!

View of the Pinnacle.

Neat rock formations.

Climbing up a little "shortcut" called Three Bears Gully.

At the top of Three Bears Gully.

And after 5 hours on the trail, we were happy to be off our feet and driving home!  Caught this shot of the cool Winston-Salem skyline.