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Charlie at the state
line crossing into Virginia |
Chris with relatives |
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Charlie at Mary's Rock looking
NW |
Stony Man Mt. looking west. This is the
highest point in the Shenandoah's (3800+ feet) |
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Black Rock Summit (3082') in
Shenandoah Park |
CK leaving Shenandoah |
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Sept 15 - Group picture of South
Bound friends at Quality Inn |
Party at the hotel |
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CK & Seamster (the man who
organized the party) |
Sheapa, Tapework & Windsock |
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The South Bound Party! |
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CK at summit of Priest Mt Looking
NW |
Looking east from Tar Jacket
Ridge |
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Bluff Mt. facing NW |
From Big Rocky Ridge looking down
into James River Valley |
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Charlie, Chris and Mike on
Thunder Ridge |
Charlie holding up a rock on the
AT |
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Section
hikers: Andy, Mike, Frank & Dennis from Atlanta |
Rock ledge
along Tinker Ridge, just north of Roanoke. |
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Top of McAfee
Knob looking north |
From the top
of Dragons Tooth Ridge |
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Washed out
bridge from Hurricane Jeane flooding |
Audie Murphy
monument where his place crashed (WWII hero) |
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Keefer Oak.
The largest in the south. |
The oak's
girth is over 18 ft. |
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Little Wolf
stream near Bland, VA |
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Rhododendron
lined pathway on trail |
Privy at
Jenkins Shelter |
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Burkes Garden
from Chestnut Knot |
Chestnut Knob
Shelter |
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High meadow
looking south from Chestnut Knob |
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Kevin (a trail
angel), Charlie and Chris in front of Mt Rogers Headquarters |
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View of meadow
in Grayson Highlands State Park |
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Feral Ponies |
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Massie Gap in
Grayson Highlands Park |
Grayson
Highlands Park |
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Near Rhododendron
Gap |
Charlie going
through Fat Man Squeeze |
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Looking across
meadows by Deep Gap |
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Buzzard Rock |
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Whitetop Mts panorama
from Buzzard Rock |
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Damascus. Last
town in Virgina's535 miles of the AT. 460 miles to go. |
Backbone rock
near Damascus |
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Lazy Fox
B&B where MaryAnn & Charlie stayed. |
CK cooking at
the MRO Hostel |
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Smokey,
Free Spirit, Ron, Night Rain, Epiphany, Fort Wayne & Cobol
at BBQ at the hostel |
BBQ to
celebrate finishing Virginia |
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Ron, Chris, CK, Fort Wayne, Free
Spirit & Night Rain |
Ron, Fort Wayne and Charlie |
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Smokey |
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Charlie & Chris |
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Tennessee/North
Carolina |