John Shannon, John Brandt, Marian Styles, Rich Bard, Bill Holman, C.J.
Woodburn, Iva Gillet, and Emily Berry from Charlottesville joined
Michael Seth who led this short hike/worktrip on a sunny hot late August
day. At the trailhead they were joined by Lynn
and Malcolm Cameron, Mike and Karen Waterman, from the Southern
Shenandoah Valley Chapter.
We parked our cars along Cub Run Road walked
about a quarter mile to the start of the orange blazed Massanutten
Trail. Then after .7 of a mile we turned on the 1.9
mile Second Mountain Trail to Kaylor Knob about a 1100 elevation gain.
As we ascended Second Mountain we cut back on blueberry bushes and
scrub oaks that were closing in on the trail with our loppers and
clippers. With many hands we made considerable progress.
We quit half way up, having tackled the worst sections and had lunch at
the top. Although the hike leader promised good views to the east they
were obscured by the newly grown chestnuts trees. Michael Seth shared
peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies
his wife baked and John Shannon shared delicious pumpkin cake. But at
least it was a little cooler at the top.
After our descent we stopped
at a watering hole near where we parked our cars. Although the water
level was low it was deep enough to soak in and
all but Emily, Mike Waterman and Bill did so. Afterwards some of us
stopped at Hank's Smokehouse for beer and food.
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