Iron Mtn/AT in Damascus VA

Well we decided to head over to Damascus and hike a bit of the Appalachian Trail while exploring the Damascus area.  We hiked about 6 miles: part in town, part on AT and Iron Mtn. Trails and a little of the Virginia Creeper too.  The hike began with a little "oops" as we accessed the wrong trailhead, which was my mistake, but we just decided to hike that route instead of our planned hike.  It certainly is nice to have agreeable hiking club members!  We decided we liked our chosen route better as the Creeper trail section was much shorter.  The Creeper trail was full, literally full, of bikers today!  It would have been harrowing to dodge those bikers for 4 miles!