AT Day 55: Still Near the Blue Ridge Parkway

ByPurple Haze Posted on

Daily Miles: 24.3, Total Miles: 779.6

It rained off and on all night but stopped by the time I headed out at 6:30am.

Jennings Creek

Close to a 7,000″ vertical gain today following the ridgetops up and down. Much of it was again parallel to the Blue Ridge Parkway. Mostly cloudy but the sun did come out for a while this afternoon.

Only a few good viewpoints, otherwise filtered by the bushes and trees along the trail. Thankfully good tread today.

Along the Parkway

I saw a large black rat snake crawling down the trail and another Red Eft, juvenile Eastern Newt. I only saw one hiker today.

Yielding to a rat snake

New birds today were an eastern wood-pewee and a pileated woodpecker.

As I’m writing this after dinner tonight, it’s raining so hard, it’s hitting the ground and splashing into my tent.