Another
beautiful day for a hike, and despite all other distractions of
Memorial Day, 9 hikers headed for the Mauhar Trail with Pete Fink..
Hiking today with hike leader Pete Fink was his lovely wife Bev, who led
us most of the way, Brian Muszynski, Leon Gorman, Ashley Brill, Vince Lewis, Anne Colgate, Iva Gillet, and Barbara
Martin. We were able to enjoy a range of wildflowers, which Anne helped
us identify including Jack in the Pulpit, Indian Cucumber, fading
trillium, rhododendron, wild azalea, Solomon's Seal (both true and
false), and cinquefoil. Pete took us on a side trip to Campbell Falls
which was steep and slippery, but lovely. It allowed Brian the chance to
walk a mossy log and then jump into a deep pool of freezing water! We
lunched in and on the banks of the Campbell Creek and then hauled back
up to Maupin Field. There were surprisingly few campers for Memorial Day
and with such amazing weather. IN order to continue the fun, several of
us headed to Devil's Backbone for some food and drink (mostly water)
and enjoyed talking with a through hiker from Denmark who was taking a
rest to read "Into the Void." He was enjoying a month holiday, and chose
the Virginia AT as the spot to vacation. He was looking forward to
canoeing the Shenandoah River from Waynesboro to Harper's Ferry (where
it helps form the Potomac) if he were able to rent a canoe. He assured
us he was a canoe instructor, as well as plane mechanic, so we wished
him well as we returned home after an exhilarating walk in the woods.
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