New Years Day Hike

The JC Hikers, Oldtimers, and Mid-Appalachain Clubs hiked Mt Rogers on New Years Day. This is a tradition to hike Mt Rogers every year, but it was my first year joining them. We hiked through the Lewis Fork Wilderness Area on the Appalachain and Pine Mountain Trails up nearly to Rhododendron Gap and back.

Hike in Rocky Fork

Led a hike for the JC Hikers today. We did a 10 mile strenuous hike from Rocky Fork Rd, along the creek, up the ridge past Wilson Knob and Frozen Knob, to the lake and back.

An incredible sunrise greeted me while driving through Johnson City on I-26 to meet the other hikers. The morning sunlight was flooding past Hump Mtn and through a gap...






The trails in Rocky Fork are old logging roads that make for fairly easy hiking. The route we took today was a steady climb for the first four miles or so with views of Coldspring Mountain to the south...






On our way back we stopped to take pictures of the beautiful Rocky Fork Creek...








It was a great hike and it was good to see everyone out. Howard, Faye, Debi, Jerry, Vera, Joel, Joy, Chris, Landon, and Elif. Hope to see everyone again soon.

Bays Mountain

Hiked with the JC Hikers on Bays Moutain on 12/30. We hiked around the reservoir, past the firetower,

past the antennas,

and returned on the azalea trail.

Christmas Rainbow

Mom said, "the devils beatin' his wife". The rain was falling, but the sun was shining. And then we saw this beautiful rainbow.