Sometimes the #appalachiantrail looks like this. “Wild” #ponies in the #Grayson Highlands just below Mt. Rogers the highest elevation in Virginia. Drove and hiked to see them with Ann today; it’ll take me a couple days to get there on foot from Damascus. #mtrogers #at2015
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At 7:35 leaving #Tennessee and entering #Virginia on the #appalachiantrail. Heading into Damascus in 3.5 miles. Tomorrow I’m taking my first “zero day” (no Trail hiking miles) and spending it with the best support crew ever: my wife. #at2015
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#Waterfall of the day (actually, of the 15th): Laurel Falls in #Tennessee on the #appalachiantrail Beautiful spot. Trail then goes downstream right along the stream. #at2015
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And then sometimes the #appalachiantrail looks like this! Just immediately north of Tennessee route 91 at about Trail milepost 448. #at2015
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Another #appalachiantrail denizen, this one headed southbound toward Laurel Falls, TN #AT2015
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Sometimes the #appalachiantrail looks like this. That white stuff is hail, folks. #Hail Quite the storm yesterday hiking up Roan Mountain. Afterwards there were places the hall piled up ankle high. Just another day on #at2015
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Finally found someone slower on #appalachiantrail uphill climbs than I am! #at2015
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Then there are the times the #appalachiantrail looks like this (also Big Firescald Knob) #at2015
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Sometimes the #appalachiantrail looks like this. (going up Big Firescald Knob a couple days ago) #at2015
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Extra plant of the day: Partridge berry (Mitchella repens). Saw quite a few of these today on the way into Erwin, TN. #at2015
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