Difficult Run Trail--Great Falls, VA

Today I took Thumper and Bambi on an adventure out near Great Falls, VA.  We parked at the Difficult Run Trail lot, and headed toward Old Dominion Road first.  It was a roughly 2 miles for a round trip of 4 miles.  The trail just seemed to stop at Old Dominion Road even though there was a sign across the street saying that this was "stage 9 of 10 on the trail."  I walked about a 1/4 mile up the street to see if the trail started back up again but quickly found myself in rich white suburbia.  I decided to head back and check out the other end of the trail.  We got back to the parking lot and pulled out the pack n' play so Thumper could stretch out and I could rest a bit.  We had a little lunch and then set out in the opposite direction toward the Potomac.  That stretch was about 3 miles for a round trip of 6 miles, giving us a grand total of 10 miles for the day.

The weather was great, and Thumper seemed to have a blast.  Occasionally he would just burst into laughter as I trudged along the trail.

Trail Map

Some of the trail washed out from all of the recent rain

Bambi panting on the side of the river

The trail heading toward Old Dominion Road

A beautiful view of an opening in the river heading toward the Potomac

An interesting section of bamboo

A self shot of Thumper and I

A close up pic of the creek toward Old Dominion Road

Here's a cool rock bridge to cross the creek

Some deer hanging out across the creek

A family pic...the only one missing is Legs...we miss you!  Hope you're having fun at work  :-P

 Overall this was an awesome trail.  It's very flat and easy, but there are some technical spots to keep things interesting, mostly due to recent storms.  I'd love to head up toward the visitor center at Great Falls next time.  The weather was perfect and, being from the northwest where you can swim in just about any fresh water around, I wanted to jump in so bad.

Happy Running!