Autumn is Awesome

This is another post by Excursion staff member Kelly Teufel.  Here, she shares her thoughts on Fall in Virginia and the city of Lynchburg. 

By Kelly Teufel

My experience of autumn in Lynchburg has been awesome. I am from West Palm Beach, Florida so I am used to beaches and 80-degree weather during fall. Excursion sent me to visit Lynchburg for a week and experience the area with our readers.

In Florida there are not any seasons it is just hot all the time. So the change was definitely needed and now, after living in Virginia for four years, I love seasons. Autumn is my favorite probably just because of what it brings and the holidays it leads to. In Florida its weird to carve pumpkins and drink hot chocolate. I just love that in Virginia, we have the opportunity to do the simple things like apple picking, pumpkin patches, festivals and hiking. 

When I think about these things I think of fall. I enjoy being outside and when you are outdoors in autumn the cool air is so wonderfully refreshing. I believe Virginia has made me want to keep living in a place where there is more than one season. Virginia has one of the best falls I have ever experienced.

More on Devil's Marble Yard

The fall issue of Excursion included a feature on trails in the Lynchburg area.  Here, Kelly Teufel, an Excursion staff member shares with you her personal experience at Devil's Marble Yard in Lynchburg,

I went to Devil's Marble Yard Trail, recommended in the last issue of Excursion Magazine.  I went with a bunch of friends and my siblings.  I was an experience I will never forget. 

We started our journey at 1 p.m. on a Sunday. We started walking through the trail and crossed over some baby brooks. We went in autumn so the leaves were falling and the scenery was beautiful. The leaves were red, orange and yellow and it was about 65 degrees and absolutely beautiful. At the end of our trail we saw the large boulders of rock. It was a tad intimidating because we couldn’t see the top of the mountain so we didn’t know when it would end. So we started our hike and climbed up the mountain. 

We stopped half way up for a water break and to eat lunch. The view from that point was beautiful, but we knew that the top would be ever more spectacular. We chatted and decided we wanted to rush through lunch so we could get to the top. So we started to climb again and when we reached the top we turned around and saw the most beautiful view. We saw birds flying into the valley. We took a bunch of photos to capture the moment. 

We waited for the sun to set between two mountain peaks and it was breathtaking. After the sun was almost completely down we climbed down and headed back to town. I would highly recommend this trail for your next adventure.