Picture of the day:
For today:
There
is a maintained monument for the famous
Audie Murphy (actor and most decorated soldier in WWII). He was killed in Virginia very near the trail
in a fatal plane crash. I had stopped to
pick blackberries near by.. Sherry called to me, “GET OUT OF THERE!” Puzzled, because my sweetheart seldom yells,
I asked why. “I hear a noise like a rattle.”
Then I understood. I did finally see a nice BIG friendly Rattler. He was
telling me to GET OUT just like my girl……. and I did. LOL There was no danger, as long as
I knew to heed his warning.
The monument on the trail is to honor Audie. A little thing about hikers is stacking rocks
at or near something interesting. At
Audie’s monument many rocks are stacked so as to NOT BLOCK the engravings. You can tell by the number of rocks this is well observed by the hikers and public.
Once
Sherry was STARTLED by a wild acting Grouse that ran across the trail in front
of her. It was making loud sounds and acting
like it had a broken wing or something.
We had heard about it happening on the trail but that was our first and
only encounter. The Grouse hen was protecting
her young by getting our attention away from her biddies.
At
times flying insects are a BIG problem. We
had head screens and also a full top body coverage in the worst areas. below is Sherry on break with her full netting.
Nite
Shipslog
PS:
God has allowed us to
meet some of the best folk on the planet. In person and here on the net. Thank you all for being here… and being YOU!
We even saw Santa out on the trail
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6 comments:
What adventures. I had a near miss with a rattlesnake. Couldn't see it, but heard it and stood still for 5 min. and then cautiously moved away. Won't do that again.
Mountain Man?
Yikes(!!!) on that rattler. I get the heebie-jeebies just reading about them. Was Sherry upset that you asked her, "Why?" before ACTUALLY getting out of there? I can't remember exactly why or when, but a few years ago Tom did the same thing. I was a little peeved that he had to stop and ask. Is that a 'guy' thing? (lol)
Love y'all!
I am so happy that you were able to hike the Appalachian trail. I never did but would have loved to do that. I remember my father talking about Audie Murphy and he must have made quite an impression on him. I didn't realize he had died in a plane crash. Rattlers are scary-especially if you can't hear them!
Have a wonderful rest of the week- Diana
Hiking is more dangerous than I thought, with snakes and bears, mice and spiders and ...
God bless.
Your Sherry has a good eye and does a great job of keeping you safe. Rattle Snakes would not be good to have around. Thankfully they give a warning. Sherry has to be your ears for you. I was delighted to see more pictures of the trail. Keep on dreaming, You never know when it might come true for you.
Thank you Sherry❗️
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