May 22 – Over and Into the James River

Post date: May 23, 2012 4:05:26 AM

The forecast for the day was rain and thunderstorms so "Five Pair" was up early and on the trail looking to race the rain to the target shelter, Johns Hollow Shelter, 16.3 miles away.

Having shared Trail Magic together yesterday, "Soho", "Lady Forward" and "Five Pair" hiked together today with one of the highlights of the day being the AT tradition of jumping off the footbridge into the James River. Well, okay, "Five Pair" and "Lady Forward" didn’t actually participate in the tradition but they did enjoy watching "Soho" take the plunge.

After "Soho" found herself out of the James River, the three hikers made their way to the end of their 16.3 mile hike to Johns Hollow Shelter where they met up with "Wall•E" and called it a day.

781.0 miles complete/1,403.4 miles to go