CdnHiker
09-16-2008, 11:25
Hi:
I am sooooo excited, I'm planning my first hike on the A.T. - starting in Waynesboro October 7 or 8 and ending up at the north end of SNP Oct. 16 or 17th.
I am trying to figure out the very best way to get from the end of the trail back to the Shenandoah airport to pick up a car for the final two days I'll have in Virginia.
My ideal itinerary would be to spend the night of Oct. 15 at Gravel Springs Hut and then get picked up late day on the 16th, but I'd be open to overnighting at Tom Floyd Wayside and getting picked up where the road intersects the A.T. (U.S. 522 I think) and get picked up early on Oct. 17. Since I am flying home to Canada on the 19, I'd really like to have all day on the 17 and 18th to see some of the areas caves, civil war memorials, etc.
Oh one more question...is Calf Mountain Hut really as bad as I've read in terms of there being mice and rats? If yes, are there places nearby where I can put up my tarptent..I'm a little phobic about the thought of a mouse or rat running across me during the night).
Thanks.
I am sooooo excited, I'm planning my first hike on the A.T. - starting in Waynesboro October 7 or 8 and ending up at the north end of SNP Oct. 16 or 17th.
I am trying to figure out the very best way to get from the end of the trail back to the Shenandoah airport to pick up a car for the final two days I'll have in Virginia.
My ideal itinerary would be to spend the night of Oct. 15 at Gravel Springs Hut and then get picked up late day on the 16th, but I'd be open to overnighting at Tom Floyd Wayside and getting picked up where the road intersects the A.T. (U.S. 522 I think) and get picked up early on Oct. 17. Since I am flying home to Canada on the 19, I'd really like to have all day on the 17 and 18th to see some of the areas caves, civil war memorials, etc.
Oh one more question...is Calf Mountain Hut really as bad as I've read in terms of there being mice and rats? If yes, are there places nearby where I can put up my tarptent..I'm a little phobic about the thought of a mouse or rat running across me during the night).
Thanks.