Total trail mileage: 676.6
Starting location: Campsite after Wind Rock
Ending location: Niday Shelter
Weather: a little drizzle last night, cloudy all day, on and off
drizzle around midday turning into showers, 50 degrees in the morning,
55-65 degrees during the day
I am at
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.386971,+-80.263646
The morning was fairly uneventful. Just routine walking. But then
the trail went out onto farmland and passed cows and donkeys. One
donkey ran over to me and stood and stared as I crossed his yard.
After that I saw a ginormous oak tree, the second largest on the
trail. It is 18 feet around the trunk. After that I climbed the
ridge and there were stone piles all over the place. While it was
convenient that all the rocks were removed from the trail, I am
guessing that the real reason for the piles were bunkers of some sort.
Yes, it rained a little today. But, it wasn't heavy rain, and the
rain isn't nearly as bad now that it is warmer. This time the clouds
were nice enough to stay at higher elevations so there were still views.
Yesterday and parts of today had PA rocks. There were also sections
today of NH rocks. When I say NH rocks, I am referring to the giant
slabs of rock along the ridges that the trail passes over. NH rocks
are much more fun than the PA rocks.
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