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724 MILES DONE......1457 TO GO
NOW AT 'DALEVILLE' - VIRGINIA
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Angie in the rain....Umbrellas are perfect for this.
There's very little wind down in the trees.
(walking through the 'Green Tunnel' - always enclosed - always green - no views!
- apparently this drives some hikers nuts towards the end! ) |
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| But it's not all 'Tunnel'......there are fields! |
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| Old barns!.... |
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| Ancient Schoolhouses!.... |
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| ..complete with a 'punishment' chart! |
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A memorial to America's most decorated war hero! - Audie Leon Murphy!
(unfortunately he crashed into the mountain near the
Appalachian Trail...hence the memorial) |
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| A 'Ukulele' plying AT hiker.....She was pretty good! |
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We meet up with 'Hob' again!
(Hob = 'Hike Or Bike') |
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'Hob' is an experienced AT thru hiker and
demonstrates proper 'log crossing' technique! |
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| Entering the 'Rhodo zone' |
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| That's OK with Angie....she likes 'Rhodos' |
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'Hob' says he likes 'Rhodos' too.....
(Unfortunately the evidence does not support this!) |
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| A rare glimpse at the Virginian country side - It is very pretty! |
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| Some more of the 'green'.....It's all green! |
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| Angie finds a friend.... a Turtle.....there are quite a few down here! |
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And a 'Black' snake - non-poisonous
- doesn't like to move out of the way! |
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And Darrell still has this 'thing' about banjos.......
"Come on out!...I'll cut you off at the knees!......" |
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| A pastoral scene - very typical - very nostalgic - a classic. |
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A tree of course.....not sure what this is all about!
An invitation to come in for a cup of coffee?? |
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| A campground all to ourselves again! |
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| A good reason for not sleeping 'cowboy' style! |
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| An other good reason! |
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| I just 'assumed' they don't bite. |
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A First for us...'Fireflies' or 'Lightning bugs'
Always wanted to see these and now we had!
(They are very bright but intermittent so you need a
time exposure picture to get photos like the one above) |
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| Here's the culprit. |
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A poor pictures but a very cute scene.....'Bambi' was very young...
still wobbly on her legs.....but very hungry! |
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| We join Darrell on segments of the trail....here we are climbing the 'Dragon's tooth' |
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| JR on top of the 'Tooth' |
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An other interesting hike - to 'McAfee knob'
- the signature scene of the Appalachian trail!
This is Darrell on top |
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June 6th - 70th anniversary of D-Day
The local town of 'Bedford' suffered the highest loss (proportionally)
- 19 of 35 Bedford's young soldiers lost their lives on that Day
America chose Bedford to build a memorial to those young men (above)
We need to remember the debt we owe these boys!
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