Campbell Shelter to Va. 624/4 Pines Hostel, Southbound
Day Sixteen – Tuesday, April 8, 2014
10.3 miles
7:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
We left Campbell Shelter at 7:30 and were at McAfee Knob by 8:00. It was not very bright, but at least the fog had mostly dispelled and we had a pretty good view of the valley below. We snapped a few pictures with our cell phone, but most of the good ones we took with our camera which I later lost. Unfortunately the cell phone pictures were from north pointing south, so I do not have a good picture of us on the famous McAfee Knob from the south view. SOOOO disappointing! It is one of the most photographed places on the trail and we don't have our picture there! But at least we did have better weather so that we could see it, and it WAS beautiful.
We met Thunderfoot and Tumbleweed as we neared the end of our trail. The trail was beautiful running along a stream in pasture land. Then one nice Max Patch-like hell comingout of the forest before we reached Highway 624 and made our way back up the road to 4 Pines Hostel and our car.
We drove back up to Troutville to Karen's house. As we were talking to Karen in her basement, we began to talk about exit points along the remainder of the trail and the possibility of slackpacking it. And if we could slackpack it, maybe we could cover more daily mileage and finish in three more days! Yay! She helped us work it out, and we decided to do just that!
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