Got a Real Nice Email

Adam, who lives in the shadow of Dolly Sods, wrote me a nice email last week that I thought I would share. He also sets me straight on a the names of a few places. I will need to update some pages here at Trailpixie.net to get the corrections straight. Here, you can read his email yourself...pretty interesing.

May 29, 2007
Hi, My name is Adam and I live under Dolly Sods.. My Family is the reason there is a road from the Maysville side to the top of Dolly Sods because of a handshake deal way before my time between the Gov and my Great Grandad... I am an active Bear Hunter and Hiker of Dolly Sods and Dolly Sods has been a Fascination Obsession and its true beauty has captured my attention since I was a small child. I'm always looking on the net for pics and taking my own and I love the place and I'll probably get married there and live here the rest of my life unless priorites carry me elsewhere. The purpose of my email was in regards to your "Unnamed View." This place is called Phares or pronounced by local hunters "Fares" Hollow Rocks. and the Hollow below it is Phares Hollow its a split hollow....the hollow next to it the even rougher one is called Greenbriar.

One thing that i think hikers and hunters alike should push for is more opening of trails and the old railroad grades from the historical past of Dolly Sods... A few trials are wonderful hikes and Beautiful Scenery as always.. But a lot of trails are growing over and some of the old railroad grades are becoming non existent... exspecially the ones that link bbknob and fisherspring knob and the ones in Red Creek. One thing I've never understood is, that on any map ive ever saw or any pics I've ever scene, Fisher Spring Knob is not on there. Its the knob beside the trail and has the old grade running around it. Its def. unmarked on maps but fully visable. Keep up the Good Work! Your pics are the best I've found so far of the inside of the sods. and their clearly marked on location which is really good.

Thanks for the nice comments Adam. So it's Phare's Hollow Rocks. That sounds pretty cool. I'll update the page soon. Thanks for the note.