Date- Tuesday. 5/17/05
Start- Jerry Cabin Shelter
Stop- Hogback Ridge Shelter
Miles Travelled- 14.7
Todays hike started out well. The grades were moderate. It was just like a road walk. In fact it was a road walk on a long abandoned road. It was very similar to Prather Road in the Louisville Nature Center.
The hike had a somber tone though. It was on this road that the Shelton brothers were bushwacked and killed in the 1860s. Even though they lived in N. Carolina they were Union Loyalists and fought in Lincoln's Army. They survived the war and were on their way home when they were ambushed by vengeance seeking Confederates. Their graves are along side the trail.
Hiking was so easy it encouraged a long day. Then disaster struck. Without warning my infamous knee popped and spasms of pain threw me to the ground. After a few minutes I managed to get up and hobbled the last mile to the shelter
Posted by john at May 17, 2005 11:02 PM