June 13 Mile 710

Got up at sunrise and packed up. It poured during the night, but we stayed dry in our tents. Had to hike a mile back to the trailhead up the highway and tried to hitch a ride on this Sunday morning . No luck there. Can't say I blame them. While we look somewhat scary and disheveled we do have hiking poles and I think hiking poles make a person look somewhat safe.
Anyway, back to the trail and about four miles up to the most photographed. feature on the AT: McAfees Knob. It is a stunning sight. A big rock outcropping that sticks out over the cliff. Great views and great pictures. Left there and then the trail took us a few hours later to the Tinker Cliff, a half mile where the trail goes right along the rock cliff. Don't slip here, or go to far to the left, or down you go. Absolutely stunning views of the valley below. Nice to be out of the green tunnel and see such a view. Also saw a deer walking near the cliff area and then later a turtle right on the trail. Came down and decided to have an early day, hiking only 11 miles, as we are trying to spend a zero day in Daleville on Tuesday, and the town is another 10 miles away.
We set up camp, I got a signal on my I-phone and I called my Sweety, but as soon as I did the rain came pouring down, so Cisco and I grabbed up all of our stuff and dove into our tents. The rain let up after about an hour and we could come out for dinner. About that time Tunes and Tootsie Pop joined us for a night of camping by a stream.
Ate the food we bought at the gas station, ravioli in a can, terriyaki rice, tuna, red wine we had tranferred to little plastic bottles, and a cherry pie. All very good and then time for bed.


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