Andy came down to finally hike the Appalachian Trail. We drove to Shenandoah National Park to catch a section of the AT that goes through there. We started at mile 24 at Elkwallow site, hiked past Rattlsnake Lookout, through the Hogback Overlook and on to Overall Run Falls, 93 feet fall - the tallest in the park. If you go see the falls, one thing the hiking guides don't tell you is that the first falls you come to are not the tallest falls. You have to continue on down the path. We had to do a little bushwhachking to actually get close to the second falls, and it was worth it. All in all we hiked about 10.5 miles. In the evening we went to Buffalo Billiards to meet Alana, drink some beer (Steve and Andy; Anne's still dry) and shoot pool. Then we went to dinner at Henry's Oyster Bar but wouldn't wait the hour for a table, so went next door to Trio's Fox and Hound where we ran into Nancy Groce, a folklore colleague of Anne's. Decent enough food, nice to sit outside until the wind started blowing hard.
Andy came down to finally hike the Appalachian Trail. We drove to Shenandoah National Park to catch a section of the AT that goes through there. We started at mile 24 at Elkwallow site, hiked past Rattlsnake Lookout, through the Hogback Overlook and on to Overall Run Falls, 93 feet fall - the tallest in the park. If you go see the falls, one thing the hiking guides don't tell you is that the first falls you come to are not the tallest falls. You have to continue on down the path. We had to do a little bushwhachking to actually get close to the second falls, and it was worth it. All in all we hiked about 10.5 miles. In the evening we went to Buffalo Billiards to meet Alana, drink some beer (Steve and Andy; Anne's still dry) and shoot pool. Then we went to dinner at Henry's Oyster Bar but wouldn't wait the hour for a table, so went next door to Trio's Fox and Hound where we ran into Nancy Groce, a folklore colleague of Anne's. Decent enough food, nice to sit outside until the wind started blowing hard.
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