Ok, I went out yesterday and marked most of the course that is confusing with black painted arrows and orange flagging tape. The total mileage from Rick Gray's deep study of the AT guide book is 28 miles - I am saying 30 miles - give or take it is very close, The last road section on route 52 where you will take a RIGHT is exactly 3.5 miles to the Dairy Queen/Kangaroo Station. You will go through the lovely quaint town of Bland, VA on your way and take a right on the road to I 77 - Marked with flagging tape. For anyone crewing, you can meet people near Dairy Queen - you take a left out the parking lot and travel 2-3 miles until you see SR 615 Suiter Road on the right - take this road and stay straight until you hit gravel at the three way intersection (stay straight) go another 3 miles and the AT will be on the your right before a single lane bridge. The people coming are:
Nick Whited
Beth Minnick
JJ Jessee
Kevin Townsend
Mike Day
Neil Jameson
Adam Hill
Drew Shelfer
Brian Bedhun
Rick Gray
Tammy Gray
Donna Bays
Josh Helms
Jeremy Ramsey
Gordon Raznic
Thus far, I am leaving my SUV and JJ or someone else is leaving their ride as well at DQ. Tammy will also be a shuttle post run as she and Donna are running a different route of sorts. Water will be laid out in two different places - will be a warm day on Saturday so come prepared, this is a pretty dry run, but shaded a majority of it - will be warm the last 3.5 miles on the road though. Overall the entire run is 22 miles on trail (AT) and 8 miles of pavement. 4.5 at the begining and 3.5 at the end. Some images I took out there, Peace out and be Blessed
Until Friday evening/Saturday,
Nick
1 comments:
Nick,
Turns out I am not coming. I hate to miss it.
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