An Adventurous Couple of Days on the Trail
Sunday (5/17/15) saw the first extended rain, which caused me some concern climbing the rocks as I headed up the mountain.
The next day, Monday, started out sunny and I had a two mile uphill climb. Needless to say I don’t like uphill climbs. On the way down from that peak I saw my first two timber rattlesnakes, about ten minutes apart. One rattled at me as I kept to the far side of the trail. It figures I saw them on the way to get water at Rattlers Run.
It was drizzling as I reached my next campsite and set up my tent. I got inside just as it started thundering and lightning and really coming down. I was happy to be dry inside my Henry Shire tent (the super lightweight 2-lb. tent I bought from Blissful during Flip Flop Hikers Day in Harper’s Ferry, W.VA.). I guess that was my initiation to hiking the Appalachian Trail. So far PA is rocks, boulders, mountains and more rocks.
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