I don't remember the exact route we took on Saturday, but we ended up near Shining Rock. This picture doesn't really do Shining Rock justice - it's a beautiful, large outcropping of snow-white quartz with granite intrusions (look at me trying to sound like I'm a geologist):
Even though it had been so long since I went backpacking, I think I did pretty well w/ carrying a pack, though I think mine was a lot lighter than our leaders' packs.
Overall, it was a great trip, and I'm really glad I decided to go and that grading could wait! We had absolutely perfect weather, and thus the many scenic mountainous views were especially gorgeous - see the rest of my photos (plus a couple from other trip participants) here.
4 comments:
GB,
I'm jealous. That looks like so much fun. Glad you were able to get out and do it. Perhaps you should have rented a llama (see my blog).
That Shining Rock you're sitting on is *gorgeous.* Gosh do I miss hiking as I used to do a lot of it in WA state.
That pack you're wearing reminds me of what we humped around with in the Marine Corps, all the way down to the sleeping mat (ours were black, not blue). :)
Just curious...did you have a shelter half and e-tool also in your pack?
Happy trails,
Connie :)
I am such a novice I don't know what "a shelter half and e-tool" are! Probably not. I am carrying one of the two tents that the 8 of us slept in.
LOL
Heck...I didn't know what they were, either, until I went into the Marines (then later on as I hiked a lot in various mountain ranges I was reintroduced to the civilian versions).
The shelter-half is simply a temporary tent (often called pup or dog tent) and is comprised of two halves of canvas or other material that is strapped together before erecting with poles. It's fun (and quite challenging, if tired!) to put together. The e-tool is simply a miniature shovel hand tool short for "excavation tool" used to dig holes for the poles (and for various other things, including burying one's excrement...TMI?) :)
Happy trails,
Connie :)
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