The two kids who chose to sit out the thru-hike joined in to tackle " Virginia's Triple Crown. " Here, all but the cameraman pose at Tinker Cliffs, at 2,917 feet one of the three high points of the triple crown, along the Dragon's Tooth and McAfee Knob. brought the family to Danville in 2011. " Suddenly there were mountains everywhere, " says Bettis. She started working trips to hotspots like Mount Rogers National Recreation Area into the kids' homeschool curriculum-and they took to it like " fish to water. " Thoughts of a major trek surfaced as hikes surpassed 15 miles and began to include campouts. But with so many responsibilities-by 2019 Bettis was a mom of 15, owned a coffee shop and was helping her oldest boys scale up a custom furniture business-she knew it 68 BLUERIDGECOUNTRY.COMhttp://www.visitsmythcountyva.com http://www.BLUERIDGECOUNTRY.COM