Flower of the day: Pink lady’s’ slipper (Cypripedium acaule) one of my favorites, only one I’ve seen so far on this #appalachiantrail hike #at2015
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Flower of the day: first May apple (Podophyllum peltatum) blossom I’ve seen this season. #at2015
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Flower of the day : Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) first one I’ve seen in bloom on this hike; just a bit south of Hot Springs. #at2015
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The #appalachiantrail doesn’t look like . . . No, wait a minute, the Trail DOES look like this when it passes thru Hot Springs, NC. Can you see the white blaze on the right-most post in the grass? #at2015
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Deer Park Mountain Shelter just 3 miles south of Hot Springs, NC. I will be in or near the shelter tonight; probably near, as the logbook has many reports of mice in the shelter at night and of skunks trying to get in. Could be interesting. #at2015
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What I was looking at today at 12 noon, a tiny part of the 360 degree panorama from the top of Max Patch (4616 feet elev.). Picnics, kite flying, and thru hikers. Marvelous place on a day like today. Then hiked another 7.5 miles to a shelter for a daily total of 13. A good day. Total mileage is nowjust over 256. #at2015
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Flower for the day: Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum) #at2015
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And sometimes the Trail looks like this. #at2015
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Sometimes the Appalachian Trail looks like this. #at2015
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Flower of the day from several days ago. Ann will have to help on the identification. Some kind of vibernum? #AT2015
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