| May 22, 2005 |
| We got into
Partnership Shelter last night about 8pm and when we got there,
there was Trail Magic. We had hot dogs and chili sauce
and slaw to go on them like WV hot dog. Tea and cocoa, potato
chips. There was a whole bunch of people there and had a good
time. Now we know Simon's RUSH.....extra hot dog. |
| This morning
when we got up we had blueberry pancakes and a hot shower before I
left. |
| Sunny and it looks
like this is going to be a really nice day. Leaving for
Chatfield. The birds are certainly happy this morning, they
are singing on both side of us. We also heard whippoorwills
last night.
NOTE: I
can hear the birds on the tape.
NICE! Kathy. |
| Brushy Hill
is nothing but rocks, little tiny rocks in the path. I don't
know if the woods is brushy or not - it seems like its open.
There are a lot down trees, old ones. Sun is pretty coming
through the tree tops this morning. we seem to be
stirring up a lot of female mosquitoes this morning, darting my hair
and around my legs. We're on top of the ridge line and there's
a cluster of pink rhododendrons in bloom. I'd like to have
those in my yard. 'm going through a rhododendrons area that
is completely in bloom, which is the first. This is certainly
a beautiful morning. The sky is a blue color and in the horizon you
see white clouds. |
| This mountain
is much like yesterday, a rollercoaster that goes on and on.
This is the actual start of Brushy Hill, we just went over 622.
This mountain may prove interesting, we gone only a short way and
we've run into boulders in the path way and looking at the area it
does look brushy, a lot of briers growing around, it looks like to
me they named the mountain right. I wish I could wrap up these
rhododendrons up and mail them to everyone. |
| We've been
climbing, but its been a gradual switch back climb and very rocky.
I've seen a lot of honeysuckle bushed here and in another week it
will be beautiful with all of them blooming. Just met a
section hiker going south bound, he's been hiking for about 3 years
- an older gentleman . |
| I've seen dark
orange honey suckles and an yellow one over the hill.
There's so many pink rhododendrons and honey suckles blooming
through here, I don't know when I've ever seen so much in bloom at
any time any where. |
| We are at
Davis Path shelter eating out lunch and I have a group of trail
hikers who would like to tell you their name and where they're from
- Stump from NC - Sloppy from GA - Good Old Boy from SC - Cloud from
NC - Moon Pie from Tenn. - Winter Ice Break from Tenn. We
certainly had an interesting lunch. |
|
I wouldn't be surprised If we don't get
that storm. "Can you hear it blowing?"
NOTE: "Yes I can."
I wish you could see these beautiful rhododendrons that's on
both sides of the trail , probably a good mile long. They
range anywhere from a real light pink to a real light lilac color to
a dark pink in color. |
|
The striped maple is sure invading these
little woods. The only way to get rid of it is to do a
controlled burn or spray it by air plane. I standing here next
to fire flowers and looking out at the view and I can
mountains as far as I can see. They range from the dark greens
up in front, then down into to valleys where you get the farm houses
are and you get the shadows of the other mountains, the light greens
again, then the dark shadows of the higher mountains and on the
horizon you get the light blue ones. The clouds are puffy and
the sky is a bright blue. So far, so good, no rain! |
|
We rollercoaster out way to the top of the
ridge. The trail has been extremely easy today. No
boulders and you could look up and look around without having to
worry about falling. |
|
It looks like we'll be going around another
base of a mountain this evening. A lot of butter cups in
bloom, an lot of strawberries in bloom as well as ground berries.
Going down through an open field that they have let succession take
over and this the most popular trees I've seen in one area since I
left GA. |
|
I'm going through a wooded areas that has
been fenced off so the live stock couldn't get in here and it's very
rocky. As I come around the curve, I can smell the aroma of
the pith pine |
|
Going through an old homestead area that
was lined with apple trees, also this buttercup alley. Crossed
the bridge on to RR tracks that goes into Atkins, then we walked on
a board walk for a couple hundred yards and bow were back into the
side of the hill in an over grown wood lot. |
|
Stayed at Relaxed Inn in Atkins for
the night. |
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