My brother Craig and his wife, Jenette came to visit for Christmas. On New Year's Eve we hiked the BH Reece trail (shown in blue in the image below) from the memorial at the parking lot to Flat Rock Gap, where it crosses the AT (shown in white). From there we followed the AT Maine-bound to Neels Gap. The original plan was to summit Blood Mountain, but the ice and snow on the rocky trail put a dampener on that idea.
This is the view from Flat Rock Gap, where the Freeman Trail crosses the Appalachian Trail. The Freeman trail goes around Blood Mountain. The AT goes over the top.
We're all smiles after pausing for a while at Flat Rock Gap. Matt pulled ahead everytime we started hiking, even though his Puma shoes had the most slick bottoms. Clarissa is learning the workings of the new camera.
Here are the brothers at what we called 2-Point rock. The huge boulder is balanced on two points.
Jenette took this picture. Bruce H. has commented on the contrast between the snow and the deciduous plants. The greenery is Mountain Laurels and Rhododendrons.
This is the approach to Neels Gap on the AT.
There are 2 designations for hikers on the Appalachian Trail: THROUGH HIKERS are those who plan on completing the trail in one year. SECTION HIKERS take it a piece at a time (like me). Here are Craig & Jenette as the complete their first section of the AT from Flat Rock Gap to Neels Gap. Only 2,174 more miles to go!
More adventures with Craig & Jenette will be posted later.
1 comment:
What fun to have Craig come visit. I haven't even met his new bride. Love the pictures.
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