{"id":1393,"date":"2017-10-02T07:32:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T11:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?page_id=1393"},"modified":"2017-10-05T21:18:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T01:18:39","slug":"rocky-knob-campground","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/rocky-knob-campground\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocky Knob Campground Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170913_RR-tracks-at-Wigwam-Falls-11-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1561\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170913_RR-tracks-at-Wigwam-Falls-11-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170913_RR-tracks-at-Wigwam-Falls-11-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170913_RR-tracks-at-Wigwam-Falls-11-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We hiked up a short trail to an old restored railroad bed. Back when this area was virgin forest,\u00a0the saw mills laid railroad track by cutting trees in a long road and laying track in the spaces just logged. The newly cut trees would be placed on the rail cars and taken to the mill.\u00a0 As the crew proceeded to cut more trail, the train returned with rails and the process was repeated.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1579\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1579\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Logging-Railroad-Blue-Ridge-Parkway-054.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Logging-Railroad-Blue-Ridge-Parkway-054-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Logging-Railroad-Blue-Ridge-Parkway-054-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Logging-Railroad-Blue-Ridge-Parkway-054-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Logging-Railroad-Blue-Ridge-Parkway-054.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Ridge Parkway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When the area was logged over, the valuable steel was removed, rail by rail, and returned to the mill to be reused on the next logging rail section.<\/p>\n<p>The short rail section was uninteresting, but the falls above the railroad bed is very attractive, small with several twists and divisions to twist the light.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1393 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/rocky-knob-campground\/20170913_wigwam-falls-7-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170913_Wigwam-Falls-7-1-199x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170913_Wigwam-Falls-7-1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170913_Wigwam-Falls-7-1.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1562'>\n\t\t\t\tWigwam Falls\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/rocky-knob-campground\/20170913_wigwam-falls-8-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170913_Wigwam-Falls-8-1-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170913_Wigwam-Falls-8-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170913_Wigwam-Falls-8-1.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1563'>\n\t\t\t\tPhotographing Wigwam falls\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/rocky-knob-campground\/20170913_wigwam-falls-9-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170913_Wigwam-Falls-9-1-300x187.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170913_Wigwam-Falls-9-1-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170913_Wigwam-Falls-9-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/rocky-knob-campground\/20170913_wigwam-falls-10-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170913_Wigwam-Falls-10-1-198x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170913_Wigwam-Falls-10-1-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170913_Wigwam-Falls-10-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Mill-run-with-data-extractor-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1554 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Mill-run-with-data-extractor-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Mill-run-with-data-extractor-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Mill-run-with-data-extractor-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Mill-w-detail-extractor-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1555\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Mill-w-detail-extractor-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Mill-w-detail-extractor-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Mill-w-detail-extractor-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P9150111.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1556\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P9150111-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P9150111-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P9150111-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Water-Wheel-saw-belts-detail-extract-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1557\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Water-Wheel-saw-belts-detail-extract-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Water-Wheel-saw-belts-detail-extract-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Water-Wheel-saw-belts-detail-extract-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hiked up a short trail to an old restored railroad bed. Back when this area was virgin forest,\u00a0the saw mills laid railroad track by cutting trees in a long road and laying track in the spaces just logged. The newly cut trees would be placed on the rail cars and taken to the mill.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/rocky-knob-campground\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rocky Knob Campground Area<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1558,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1393","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1393"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1580,"href":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1393\/revisions\/1580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}