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And here’s the mountain itself, which is called Angel’s Rest.  This isn’t quite the angle from my bedroom window, but it’s close.

Not far from Pearisburg is Mountain Lake, where part of the movie “Dirty Dancing” was filmed.  In the foreground you can see grass/weeds - the folks running the hotel were alarmed to discover in 2008 that the lake tends to drain itself every few centuries, so for a while there was a mountain without a lake.  I understand it’s slowly refilling now.  (My mom and step-dad got married on the gazebo!)

And last is the Cascades waterfall, at the end of a 2 mile trail.  I’ve been up there a few times and it never disappoints.