The Massanutten Trail was a nice week-long hike in the Appalachian Mountains. Now that I’ve had time to reflect on the trail, I have some closing thoughts.
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One last day on the Massanutten Trail brought us back to the Signal Knob Trailhead, where we started five days ago.
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It was still cold this morning, but it definitely felt warmer than yesterday. CareFree and I were able to take advantage of that (and our 6 am alarm) and our need to hike 17 miles today to the Mudhole Gap Campground to get started shortly before 8 am.
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It was quite cold this morning, which had a predictably poor effect on our motivation to quickly get out of our tent. The cold front that had started to blow in yesterday was definitely here in full force, and we huddled in our sleeping bags trying to warm up much longer than planned.
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We woke up to a cold, brisk morning, but were few clouds in the sky and the sun made a dramatic appearance rising over Shenandoah National Park. Despite last night’s rain, the wind ventilated our tent quite well, and you’d never know it had rained. CareFree and I weren’t especially fast getting started this morning, but we were on our way before 8, heading back down the Kennedy Peak Trail to the Massannutten Trail, and resuming our walk south.
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