I sent The Hangin' Burrito a PM late Friday night letting him know that I'd be hiking the Daniel Ridge Loop
Saturday morning and invited him to come along with me.
Saturday morning he called me and said that he'd ask for a kitchen pass when Mama Bear got up.
Well 8AM rolled by so I called back for an update and he told me she was still sleeping
To this I said, (quoting HB himself) "Sometimes it's easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask permission. Leave a note!"...
He said he'd have to call me back.... At 9AM I got a call from HB - On the road to my house. He'd left a note
OMG. If I were implicated in this, I'd be a grease spot by sundown
We hit the trail and hiked up to the base of the Daniel Ridge falls.
A little Cairne
We continued up the trail and met some nice folks hiking the loop clockwise and saw some interesting fungi.
This thing was as big as a pizza pie!
We stopped for lunch around 2PM. HB brought along his J Falk WBS and I had my trusty
Crumb Catcher alcohol stove and Heiney Pot with me.
Of course a few celebratory servesas were in order.
When HB opened his brew it popped like a shotgun and cut his face.
After ricocheting off his face this cap still had a 'hang time' of 2 seconds or more
A bunch of mountain bikers went by as we ate lunch. I was duly impressed.
This trail gets very narrow at points with a 200' fall for any mistakes.
Three women went by wearing team colors and one of them crashed just out of sight.
Hearing the crash, I ran over, and asked if she was OK.
To this she replied, "Yeah, just being lame." hopped back on the bike and off she went.
That's the kind of woman you want on your side in a fight
Some kewl waterfalls
Funky trees
Neat old bridge
Guess it's in need of some repair?
It was another 1.5 miles back to the trailhead where we noted numerous spots for an upcoming, to be announced, overnight hang
All in all - A most excellent day in the Piney Woods - Whooo Buddddy
Thanks for viewing.
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