AT miles 646 to 720 - Daleville,VA

It was a wet, cold and rainy week after leaving Pearisburg. Ironically, it got colder just after we mailed home our hats, gloves, and cold weather gear. It's really hard to take breaks or make dinner when it's wet outside. Also, we would get cold as soon as we stopped moving.
But it did start to clear again by the end of the week.

Happy hikers at Dairy Queen, Pearisburg VA

 Another wet, misty day on the trail

No view at the overview, but we tried anyway

 Crossing a wet field of grass and climbing yet another stile

This field was actually a mud swamp. Our boots never dry on these days.

The Keefer Oak. This tree is estimated to be over 300 years old - older than our country!

 The mountain laurel are starting to bloom along the trail.



Thru-hikers Amanda, Jesse,Caped Crusader, Buckeye and Y-Knot. They gave us some trail bars and a Snickers to tide us over to our next resupply store. Many thanks!

Friday, May 20 - finally, the we get a break in the weather

 View from the Dragons tail - a huge rock monolith. This rock was upthrust along a ridgeline, with steep drop-offs on either side.

The picture doesn't capture the steep dropoff - don't slip here.

On top of the Dragons Tooth rock

 Our campsite along a stream, after resupplying at Newport grocery.

A beautiful Luna moth

 We came through an insanely beautiful rhododendron forest, coming down from Dragons tail ridge

The forest was full of blooming rhododendrons.