After three days without a shower, covered in dirt and grime, muscles aching and refusing to cooperate we made it home from the Blue Ridge Mountains. We saw nary a bear or mountain lion (thank you Baby Jesus!). We hiked our asses off and were famished continuously and everything I ate tasted like the best thing I have ever eaten (ie: oodles of noodles, pancakes, trail mix, PB & J on smushed white bread).
Here are a few photos to prove it from my cell phone camera (our point-and-shoot surprised us by having a dead battery even though I charged it fro two days).
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| Top of The Priest |
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| Top of The Priest |
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| Top of Crabtree Falls |
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| Top of Crabtree Falls |
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| Hiking the Appalachian Trail to The Priest |
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| Me and him at top of Crabtree Falls |
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| Top of The Priest (should not have allowed photos of myself) |
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| Indian Sliding Board (Z trying to scare me to death) |
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| Indian Sliding Board (we didn't slide, waaaayyy too cold) |
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| The Meadows (so beautiful, full of apple trees) |
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| A crevice between the boulders at the top of the Priest |
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| Top of the world! Priest Mountain, VA |
We did hear some type of animal, my FIL thought it was a coyote, after the dark. After hiking into the woods to pee when I first wake up (middle of the night or early morning) is a terrible ordeal. It was quite refreshing to sit on a toilet in a climate controlled bathroom without worrying about being attacked by animals or poison ivy.
What was your weekend like?
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Kudos to you! It looks like a great trip (and thank goodness, bear free!)
ReplyDeleteAnd weekends without showers, totally the norm around here... I'm just saying ;)
What a wonderful place to hike!
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