submitted by Dan Ralston
We had 11 people starting from the Jones Run parking area to hike down the Jones Run Trail passing some of the most beautiful waterfalls in the southern section of the Shenandoah National Park. Thanks to the recent rains the water was flowing full force and although it was pushing 100 degrees in Charlottesville the mountain elevation and tree shade made for a very pleasant hike. Joining me (hike leader Dan Ralston) on the hike were Jeanne Densmore, Kelly O’Rourke, John Brandt, Claire Cline, Pete & Bev Fink, Jodi Frederickson, Dave Abdullah, Grace Niu and her friend Kay Lee.
We had 11 people starting from the Jones Run parking area to hike down the Jones Run Trail passing some of the most beautiful waterfalls in the southern section of the Shenandoah National Park. Thanks to the recent rains the water was flowing full force and although it was pushing 100 degrees in Charlottesville the mountain elevation and tree shade made for a very pleasant hike. Joining me (hike leader Dan Ralston) on the hike were Jeanne Densmore, Kelly O’Rourke, John Brandt, Claire Cline, Pete & Bev Fink, Jodi Frederickson, Dave Abdullah, Grace Niu and her friend Kay Lee.
We returned,
starting on the Browns Gap fire road until it intersected with the AT. At
this point seven of the folks decided that 7 miles just wasn’t enough for such a
wonderful day in the mountains. So as
Dan led Grace, Kay and Jeanne back south on the AT to the parking area, Kelly led
the rest of the folks a couple more miles before returning on the south bound
AT. It was a beautiful day for a
wonderful hike, but to add even more excitement we saw a huge magnificent Barr
owl (thank you Claire for the ID) near the waterfalls and most of us spotted bears with cubs on the drive
out. What a fantastic group of hikers and simply an amazing day in the
outdoors. Every day should be as good.
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