On May 10, we flew from Roanoke, VA to Tucson, AZ to attend the graduation of Susan's daughter and son-in-law from the University of Arizona. We were able to finally add photos to our blog! We're looking forward to being back on the trail on Monday, May 14th, north of Roanoke, VA. Many thanks to our kind and generous shuttle drivers, Homer and Theresa Witcher.
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| Saturday, April 14th, we had lunch under the bridge at Laurel Creek. |
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| We arrived at Woods Hole Hostel on April 20th. The food here is excellent! They raise much of it themselves. |
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| Monday morning, April 23rd, we woke up to snow at Woods Hole! |
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| If you've wondered why we don't blog more, here's one reason. Woods Hole's computer was on their porch, and all that white around me is snow! Uh.... Yeah! It was cold! |
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| This is Molly. Her trail name is Glide. She's a daughter of a friend's friend, who we were told to look for. Lo and behold, here she is--at Woods Hole with us! |
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| We stayed at Rice Field Shelter with No Sweat, Stray Dog, and Beast. Almost everyone has a trail name with a story. |
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| Here are Morning and Tigger, tenting at Syms Gap Meadow. |
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| This is Pine Swamp Branch Shelter. It had a very welcoming fire in the fireplace after we had hiked all day in the rain. This was also the day that Elke decided to lose herself in the woods 3 1/2 miles before the shelter. When we realized she was missing, we both hiked back, uphill, looking for her. After about 2 miles of backtracking and hollering "ELKE!" she bounded out of the woods, quite happy to have found us again. |
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| This is the trail through the rocks....a preview for what was to come! |
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| A Snickers bar on a hot day! Yum! |
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| LADYSLIPPERS! |
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| This was our "easy" 7.7 mile day. Here is the top of the Dragon's Tooth! |
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| And THIS is the "trail" down! It was like this and worse for about a mile! |
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| Please note the white blazes indicating the trail. Look closely! No we did not have rock climbing gear. We had backpacks and a dog! Elke made this jump on her own! |
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| There are no words! |
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McAfee Knob. Once again, there are no words!
Friday, May 4th. |
Amazing pictures! Can't wait to see more. Woah, the dragon has some tooth!
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ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day. I'm in Wurmlingen Germany and thought about you both as I took my 10k hike on the W2 trail which wore me out. I imagined how hard you must work each day to make your miles. I hope the graduation went well, and you're back on the trail Monday. Safe travels.
Great pictures, still wish I could have gone with you guys, guess I will have to make it up later.
ReplyDeleteSusan, Glad to hear that you are having some great adventures! We are planning to start the garden at FG this week, which will be an adventure of a different kind. Keep well! -Amy
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures! What an incredible adventure!
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These are stunning pictures. I really like McAffee Point. I am typing without glasses - very dangerous.
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