06.19.07
Day 6 Thursday June 14
17.5mi to Rausch Gap Shelter
We all woke late to a sunless cold morning. Clothes still damp from the day before. but we were in a good new dry shelter and had an area to make hot breakfast. Was on the trail by 9:30a. long miles today but fairly easy. Saw my first Rattlers today, three of them sitting curled up right in the middle of the trail on a rock slide. Not moving so had to walk around. Only one major climb down into PA325 at 560′ up to Stony Mtn at 1650′ in about 4mi. the rest of the day was good to stretch tired sore legs. Walking on old forest roads. We passed through Yellow Springs Village, no longer there now just a primitive camp site. Headed down to Rausch Gap Shelter.
Got into camp about 6p in time to set up my tent and have a good hot dinner. This area has several failed mining villages from the 1800s its a lil spooky walking through here you can see where people have been before and wonder why it dried up.
-segue’07