So we went out hiking on the Billy Goat Trail just as I'd washington DC on the Potomac River. One of the most spectacular views is before you even get to the trail. The overlook at Great Falls, this is on the Maryland side, that's Virginia across the river. I'd never been to the Maryland side of the Falls before. I was really amazed at the walkway and the bridges out to the overlook at all the smaller falls and rapids you saw along the way. Section A of the Billy Goat Trail is the most difficult part. You've got this mix of serene wooded paths, then you're scrambling over boulders, or you're jumping across crevices. And then there's this. It's a 50 foot cliff, probably the most famous feature of the Billy Goat Trail. And you have to climb it. There's no other way around it. It looks a lot more intimidating than it really is. But I was glad to see the Coast Guard just in case I needed to be metavacked after a fall. The Billy Goat Trail's A section is only about 1.7 miles on a map, but our GPS said we wound up walking more than 5.5 miles that day. Now part of that is the loop, the route to get back to where we started from. Part of it is the trip out to the overlook, and part probably just wandering around, looking at the view along the Potomac, and made their scourge.