Cascades is one place we have hiked in Summer, Winter and (now) Fall. The Fall colors seemed to be all around us and we decided to go to Cascades to make the most of the sunny (though not so warm) Saturday afternoon. The hike starts from a parking lot which is about 20 miles from Virginia Tech. The drive is nice and quick.
At the parking lot you have to pay $3.00. On a nice day the lot can be full, in which case you would park on the road side.
There is a board which will explain to you that there are two different routes you can take to the cascades. Though initially and finally they both merge. It is easier and more fun to cross the first bridge and go to the right and come the other way.
All along the trail is nice, though unlike the typical AT-trail there are no markings here.
For most part you will be walking next to the water (assuming that you crossed the first bridge).
Now with the Fall colors the trail looked even more beautiful.
I did take pictures along the way but I'm not in a mood to upload all of them to explain landmarks etc. Also, the cascades are shown in the picture at the beginning of this post. This time we also went over to a new trail which leads to the upper-falls.
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