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My Godson Cole
This blog chronicles the hikes I've completed in the "Lee 333 Challenge". I haven't set a challenge deadline because I can't dedicate myself 100% to it. However, if the SNAP500 (or SHEN500) can be done in one year, I don't see any reason why a dedicated enthusiast couldn't complete the "Lee 333" in under a year also. I named this challenge after my initial calculation that the total trail mileage would be about 333 miles. The total has grown as I have become more familiar with the district.
Today's Hikes:
Distance: 7.35
Duration: 4:68
Ascent: 1349ft
PATC Difficulty: 141
Lee 333 Progress Summary:
Trails: 24 of 109
Trail Miles: 78.28 of 348.47 miles (270.19 miles to go)
Hiked Miles: 135.45 miles
Today my godson, Cole, accompanied me, we went on four short hikes rather than one long one. We are in the midst of the Corona Virus pandemic, so going out on seldom used trails was probably the best idea for today.
Hike #1 - A short hike at Elizabeth Furnace to jump on the cable bridge.
Our track at Elizabeth Furnace
Cole shaking the cable bridge
Cole shaking the cable bridge
Hike #2 - A hike to the Woodstock Fire Tower then north on the Massanutten Trail
to the point that I finished on my last hike.
Our track at the Woodstock Fire Tower and the Massanutten Trail
Cole at the Woodstock Fire Tower
Starting north on the Massanutten Trail from the Woodstock Fire Tower
Heading North on the Massanutten Trail
A view of the one of the "Seven Bends" of the Shenandoah River
Break Time for Lunch
Hike #3 - A hike to Papacito pond (Spanish for Daddy) on an ATV trail just down the east slope from the Woodstock Tower then continuing to the end of the road.
Our track at the Papacito pond just down the east slope from the Woodstock Tower
Papacito Pond Parking
Side trail to Papacito pond
Papacito Pond
Lots of mosquitoes at Papacito Pond
Lots of mosquitoes, they were too small to penetrate the skin
On the return hike...let the crazy walking style begin...
See for your self :)
Resting before the return hike and a short rhyme
Hike #4 - A hike to finish up some minor segments of the Sidewinder trail the Mudhole Gap Forest Road that I'd missed on previous trips.
Our track on the the Sidewinder trail and Mudhole Gap Forest Road
Taking a break between hikes
On the trail again, heading up the Sidewinder trail
Looking back to the parking lot from the start of the Sidewinder trail
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