Day 49 June 4th - Change of plans

Day 49 June 4 Days miles 19.3 AT Mile 768.1
Stealth camped at Black Rock Overlook
Hiking time 11hr
Pass plus/minus - nill
Critter Rescue -  8
Total Deer seen - 1 today, 20 total

The trail crossed the Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP) several times at pull over Vista stops but there were no views for us today.

In the AM, coming out onto the BRP we saw the lead cyclist in the Roanoke Ironman race, we even got our picture taken as he rode by.
This was my pictures of it.

Caught up to our friends Snail and AllDay  (Laura and Paul) and hiked with them all day. It was raining off and on we decided to take a break out of the rain under a BRP bridge, did the hobo thing (or maybe trying to be trolls)!

We also learned that the last 10 miles before we were to get picked up are closed to camping due to a bear so we decided to buck up and do 2 19 mile days and get out a day early, ugh!
We stopped at this cool shelter for our supper break since we were gonna hike late for big miles.  It's said to be the largest shelter on the AT and can house 20 hikers!  Has a second floor even.

Saw a lunar moth, wasn't doing well, must be the end of its one week for it.

A few cool pics of the trail in this area.

Also saw a deer!

This was home for the night, we camped with Snail and AllDay.

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  1. LisaJune 8, 2023 at 5:04 AM

    Yikes….the talk of bears is a little unnerving 🧸

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