Originally Posted by
slowhike
here is some info i sent to patrick incase egads or anyone else is still interrested in this weekend's trip besides BB & myself.
patrick... if you decide to try this week end, we can plan to leave the winston-salem area about 8am. i have talked to ed speer about coming by his place in marion & picking up the pea pod he is holding for me. this would take an extra hour or so, but that would leave plenty time to get to camp by mid afternoon.
if we leave ed's a round 10:30 or 11:00, & stop to get a quick bite of lunch, we should be at the trail head by around noon.
keith has mentioned now that he wouldn't mind going up to shortoff instead of down to the river. i told him that would be fine w/ me. that's one of my favorite places to camp.
if you haven't seen the gorge from shortoff, you really need to!
anyway, we would probably be where we would want to set-up camp by 2-3pm?
if you need to get back earlier on sun, you could drive & hike out earlier. it's an easy hike out... all down hill<g>. ....tim