| June 30, 2005 |
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It is a wet morning and the sun is trying
to come out. Going to be staying tonight at Pass Mountain
Shelter. |
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I stayed with server older hikers that I had met
a the beginning. Going around Rockville Mt. with large
boulders along the trail. Hope to get some good views after
the fog lifts. Just passing by a pile of big huge stones that
had broken off and piled together. Not a tree on them, not
flowers, not grass, not anything. The path is nothing but
stones, where you hop from one stone to another where you try to
keep your footing. Blow is nothing but stones for a long ways.
In 2 different places I've seen a type of golden rod type of plant.
Passing another big huge pile of stones worse than the last on, you
have to actually rock hop. The boulder along this trail a
diagonal, this one is probably about 50ft above my head, sharp
points, beautiful colors, definitely metaphoric rock. A lot of
iron in them. |
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Now the trail is lined with laurel bushes
that is blooming. A solid rock wall beside of me. Some
of these large boulders look like they are in columns in the way
that the crevices are cocked and they are standing side by side with
a long one then a short one, a long one, then a short one.. |
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Going under the rocky ridge lin2 where I
was hiking and guess what? It's nothing but big pile of rocks.
Stepping on one rock right after another |
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Just leaving Skyline Dinning Room where I
had my second breakfast. Made it just in time, they cut it off
at 10:30am. I was still able to get pancakes, eggs and bacon
with 2 0r 3 cups of coffee. |
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I'm at the highest point of the AT in the
Shenandoah National Park 3.837 feet. The trail goes up to the
summit of the mountain. Found a note in the trail that they
had spotted a rattle snake in the trail. |
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The trail here is on top of outcrops
overlooking the valley. The sun is very hot and its humid.
A good sign that we're going to get another thunder storm.
Hope to make it to the shelter before I get caught in it.
Still have about 8 miles to go. |
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I'm not hiking with Tortuga today, she met
friends at the shelter last night and they were going to cabins on
Friday and going to the Harper Ferry Barbecue. I'll miss
hiking with her and her company, however I realize she needs to be
with the younger kids. |
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At Byrds Picnic Shelter#3 is a well
made stone building, cement floor and a fireplace. It has
little use. It's too bad the hikers can't use it for a
shelter. |
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A very rugged area with massive boulders along the trail with
great views into the valley when the has lifted, Mary's Rock
3,514 feet is a big flat rock with a nearly 360 degree view;
however, by the time I arrived there, I was so tired of fighting
rocks in the trail that I said :"The --- with the View!" and went on
toward Thornton Gap at Luray, VA. |
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Simon and I made it to Pass Mountain
Shelter approximately at 6:30pm. |
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Swing'n Jane and
Simon |
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