It was a beautiful sunny spring day as 10 of us starter out on the AT. David Crowe, C J Woodburn, Dan Funkhouser, Dave Abdallah, Jodi Frederiksen, Pete & Bev Fink, Anne Colgate and Jeanne Densmore were led on the hike by Dan Ralston. At the Turk Mountain turnoff Pete, Bev and Dan Funkhouser decided due to time constraints to bypass the side hike to the summit of Turk Mountain and they continued on the rest of the hike logging in a little over 8 miles for the day. The rest or the group went on to the summit for lunch. A perfect valley view was to be had from the summit. We were not very lucky in our quest for the elusive and rare sighting of The Eastern Turkeybeard flower but we did however pass some beautiful spring flowers including the very vibrant Lady Slippers. Starting down Turk Branch Trail the clouds rolled in and the sky opened up with a downpour. Floating through the air was the old axiom “There’s no such thing as bad weather just the wrong gear”. Everyone proved the quote well as we all donned our rain gear and completed the hike in all the colors of the Gore-Tex spectrum. After a couple of fast flowing stream crossings we ended the hike back at Jarman Gap. A wonderful 10.4 mile, 2,900’ hike was to be had by all.
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