Day 42 - Tuesday, April 6, 2021

The morning temperature was again mild, 42° with highs expected to be in the mid 70’s under sunny skies.

Today we are hiking from VA 30 (678.5 NoBo) to VA 613, Mountain Lake Road* (664.3 NoBo) totaling 14.2 miles. (*The AT crosses Mountain Lake Road near The Mountain Lake Lodge. I’m sure everyone remembers The Mountain Lake Lodge - where parts of  “Dirty Dancing” 💃 🕺🏼 starring Patrick Swayze  (Johnny) and Jennifer Grey (Baby) was filmed. The other filming location was in Lake Lure, NC).

We began hiking at 7:50 am with clear skies. 










The War Spur Shelter.



Reforestation area after a controlled burn. 

I forgot to mention the last couple days… Turtle power slipped two days ago I slipped yesterday and again today which now brings the drink total to Turtle Power’s favor with a plus one. No one has fallen since Turtle Power did in the beginning, so I still have the advantage in that category with a plus one dinner LOL.



Changing socks at lunch.

We didn’t see many picturesque views today as most of the trail was heavily wooded ... perfect conditions for bears 🐻 to ambush you 🤔.  




The Laurel Creek Shelter. We replenished our water at this location;  the waters at these mountain springs are delicious. No chemicals as in public water systems; so if you have a little e.coli 😂. We treat all our waters on the trail anyways 😉. 



We finally made it to this beautiful mountain 🏔 pasture. Made today’s hike worthwhile 😊.

We finished hiking at 4:35 pm  under sunny skies and the temperature was 74°. 

Till next time... Happy Hiking  🥾 

😋


Sorry for the late post of today’s blog.... the internet was very slow last night and I was too tired to deal with it 😕.   

                Splinter 

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