| June 17, 2005 |
| Montebello,
VA to Harpers Creek Harper's |
| Beautiful
sunny weather, clear skies. White puffy clouds with a yellow
cast from the sunrays. Views were clear as far as I could see
in the distance. The first day in the Blue Ridge Parkway area
without haze from air pollution. |
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Shuttled back from Montebello to where we left off on
Fish Hatcherry Rd. Started on the AT 11:20am. Most of
the trail was easy hiking, short ups and downs and small rocks to
Spy Rock. |
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Spy Rock was approx. 75' high above my head. From
the ground. I could see small shrubs and cedars growing on top.
I tried climbing to the top to see the 360 degree views of the
surrounding valleys. I decided that the view wasn't worth
breaking an arm or leg trying to climb the ledges, and having to
spend time in a hospital. Simon was climbing the rocks ok,
but, again I was afraid I couldn't get him down once up. I
just experienced the base of the rock and enjoyed the laurel and
rhododendron from the bottom. |
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We passed the Priest Shelter and started
climbing up Priest Mt. 4,063 feet. Easy switchbacks, smooth
trail, going up, but a different story going down! Large
boulders, ledges, drop offs in the trail that was continuous all the
way to Cripple Creek. That mountain had an ever ready battery
that went on and on! |
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Enjoyed the newly constructed swinging
bridge across the Tye River. The river area looked as if it
might be a great place for fishing and camping. I made it to
Harpers Shelter about 8:00pm. 820.3 miles From Springer Mt.
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Swing'n Jane and
Simon |
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