Friday was our last day out on the trail. We departed from The Priest shelter and made the big descent. It is ~3,100 feet in 4.3 miles over 37 switchbacks. It wasn't hard for the cardiovascular system, but the joints were feeling it! We drove to a local campground to stay for the night. Another leader and I went to get my truck from Hog Camp Gap too. Then we enjoyed our dinner by the Tye River at our campsite. We all had our first showers in a week!
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Bear bags. Timestamp 6:35 AM. That's
okay when you're asleep by 10:00 PM.
The Priest shelter |
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| The Priest shelter. The hiker journal is filled with confessions. Get it? |
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Megamid, aka circus tent.
The Priest shelter |
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One blister, two blisters, three little blisters!
The Priest shelter |
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Beginning the descent on The Priest Mountain.
~3,100 feet in 4.3 miles. 37 switchbacks. Steep! |
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Continuing the descent on The Priest Mountain
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Overlook on The Priest. 15 pictures taken for this panoramic.
(click to enlarge) |
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This is the life!
Overlook on The Priest |
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Descent on The Priest. It was cool to watch the terrain change from sparse
trees and a lot of rocks at the top, to thick areas of trees near the bottom. |
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Crossing Cripple Creek on the AT. ~2263 feet
down, ~830 feet to go on The Priest descent. |
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| Crossing Cripple Creek on the AT |
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| The foliage at Cripple Creek on the AT |
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My post-hike snack
Montibello, VA |
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Driving on the Blue Ridge Parkway. We went
to pick up the truck from Hog Camp Gap. |
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My view for dinner, sitting next to the Tye River.
(near Crabtree Falls) |
Meanwhile at home, Greg, Andrew, and Memaw were having fun too!
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| "Poor Pookie!" |
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| "Knock knock, Memaw!" |
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| Harvesting sunflower seeds |
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| The harvest |
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| "Five Guys burgers and fries!" |
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| Frozen yogurt at YoPop - Greg didn't like the coldness at first! |
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| Waiting patiently for dinner |
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