The Charlottesville Chapter's Sunday, December 18 hike joined 5 chapter members with 6 members of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club for a series of hikes at the far southern border of the George Washington National Forest. Charlottesville Chapter members included Marley McGrath, Patrick Cory, Barbara Martin, Kelly O'Rourke, and hike leader Jeff Monroe. Because weather forecasts predicted 55 mph winds at elevations above 2,000 feet with off and on rain, the group decided to travel at low elevations. The hikes included the old (pre-2000) A.T. the Cashaw Creek Trail, the current A.T. between Hercules Road and the Johns Hollow Shelter, and the Sheppe Pond Trail. Rains held off except during lunch, which most of the group consumed inside the Johns Hollow Shelter. Most of the group had never hiked several of the trails in the day's Figure 8 hike, and enjoyed seeing some new parts of the National Forest.
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