Wednesday, July 14, 2021

2021-06-29 Rainy Day hike with Scott, Buck, and Lauren

Rainy Day hike with Scott, Buck, and Lauren
Shining Rock Wilderness Area
Pisgah National Forest, NC
Thursday, June 29th, 2021
 
Group Selfie at the end of a very wet hike
L to R:  Me, Buck, Scott, Lauren
 
 I had a very fun, but very wet day around the Shining Rock Wilderness area with the Professor and a few of his teacher friends! 
 
I started out with a Solo hike around the Black Balsam Knob / Tennent Mountain area which took care of my first change of dry clothes before even getting started on the primary hike of the day!

Selfie from the solo portion of my day

Fogged in at the Summit of Tennent Mountain

Heading up Black Balsam Knob

 
For the main hike ran a shuttle starting from the Devils Courthouse parking area and ending where Flat Laurel Creek joins the West Fork of the Pigeon River.

The day went nothing like we had planned with the 30% rain forecast turning into 100% rain 100% of the time we were out there!
 
The views were all fogged in and my camera/cell phone stayed in a dry bag for most of the day. 
 
However there sure was a lot of laughter which makes for a perfect day despite less than perfect conditions!
 "View" of Devils courthouse (our starting point)
 
Four Went In
L to R:  Me, Scott, Buck, Lauren

View of Sam Knob from the Flat Laurel Creek Trail

 
Waterfall along Flat Laurel Creek

Scott along Flat Laurel Creek

A very wet Scott and Lauren at the end of the hike

Macon County Middle School's finest at the end of the hike
 
I really enjoyed meeting Lauren for the first time and being part of her first bushwhacking experience!

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