Photos

This is Applicator underneath "The Guillotine". The picture is not great, but in real life it looks like the rock is about to fall down. Around Catawba there are a lot of cool rick formations, from Dragon's Tooth to McAfee Knob and finally this one. I spent a couple of nights with Applicator but he went on ahead to meet other friends and is not stopping for Trail Days, so I will probably not run into him again.







Some of the features have more interesting names than others. We are on top of High Cock Knob at this point. For the week we were together at this point we were calling ourselves the Kielbasa Klub. This is Hot Dog, Lady Snake, Footlong and Chorizo. I was Bratwurst.




The rhododendron are now in bloom. This is a view of the James River right before I got to route 501 and trail magic.







This is Peacock and myself in the back of a pickup truck that was giving us a ride to the post office in Montebello. We have found that people in pickup trucks are the most likely to stop and give thru hikers a ride, especially groups. It is because we can just ride on the pickup bed and the drivers do not need to smell us.





Some days are better than others. This day started well with a nice hike up from John's Hollow Shelter. Then I entered a cloud and it got windy and cold. Then after lunch it started raining and I did the last five miles in a drenching downpoar. The rain stopped one minute before we got to the shelter.