Day 30 - Thursday, March 25, 2021

Today we are hiking from Reservoir Road, Peddlar River Bridge (802.3 NoBo) to US 501, VA 130 (787.3 NoBo) for a total of 15.0 miles. 

The weather was overcast and the temperature was 46°. We started hiking at 8:00 am.







Crossing the Michael Norton Bridge.


The John’s Hollow Shelter.



Typical trail switchback not to be confused with a “sideling”. A switchback is a hillside or mountain trail with sharpe descents or ascents depending on your direction of travel. It normally lessens the rate of vertical change when compared to a straight head on vertical attack of the slope. A “sideling” is a hillside trail that follows a contour with no vertical change regardless of your direction of travel.



An example of a typical “sideling”. Okay, so we made the word up but you have to talk about something when you’re hiking all day together 🥴.


Fog encompassing the James River Valley.



Ride em cowboy....



The forest is wakening up from its winter sleep. We also saw our first snake on the trail, a small common brown snake. 






Views from Big Rocky Row.



Someone marked the trail with this- we didn’t know it’s significance?





Bluff Mountain View and monument noting the location where little Ottie Cline Powell’s body was found. 



One busy woodpecker... the diameter of the trees were about 12”.



“I think I can. I think I can. I know I can.”  




Some hiker road kill.





It was forecast for only 50% chance of rain...

It was another day of hiking that included another 3000+ ft climb. We finished hiking, in the rain, at 4:00 pm.

Till next time... Happy Hiking  🥾 

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