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[[start page- blank page]] [[end page- blank page]] [[start page]] with reporter and photographer from Philadelphia Inquirer tagging after Asking questions and taking pictures They left me at side trail to Big Meadows During the afternoon came to viewpoints Along Franklin Cliffs many of them. A brief stop at Skyland lodge Then Stony Man nature trail Mary's Rock, wife of the man who claimed A large area by "chopping around" it A compass is useless on the A. Trail I winds to all points of the circle You may be heading north but going south. A gnat stung near my eye and it swelled. Insect pests are the bane of the hiker Many viewpoints in central Shenandoah But usually blurred by haze and fog [[end page]]