Appalachian Part 3

Today was day 3 on the Appalachian Trail.

Driving on the Blue Ridge Parkway is becoming more and more problematic as we move North. Chunks of the parkway are closed for ice, fog, and maintenance. We have to use highways that run parallel and cut in for the hikes.

Today we entered the Blue Ridge and Appalachian at Rockfish Gap.

Every hike has its highlight and today was no different.

Roga "pointed" us to some White-tailed deer but that was just the entrée.

4km into the walk Roga "flushed" a Black bear 🐻 less than 50m from us against a slope.

The bear stopped for a second, saw Sue, realised he is in trouble and ran for his life😉

Truth is ... it just moved off. Roga gave chase but responded to his recall and we all took a few minutes to catch our breath😅

Got to the shelter and there was a bear notice.... we must have missed it at the starting point.Read more