Day 15 - Spy Rock - Prof

Our campsite last night was amazing. There was a wonderful creak that went by giving a nice ambiance for a great night sleep. The creak was Brown Creak and there were some ruins of an old community along the creek at different places. I guess the community was made up of freed slaves that sharecropped in the area. I didn't get any pictures of the ruins but I thought I would share the campsite with everyone. 

 

I started off the morning with a huge climb and I couldn't get in the groove. It was miserable this morning. By the time I reached the top I wanted to throw in the towel, but the view from Bald Knob and a Boston Creme honeybun quickly lifted my spirits.

The rest of the day wasn't bad though. We had some pretty cool views this afternoon. We eventually made camp at Spy Rock, finding what might have been the last spots for miles. There are a ton of weekend hikers and Boy Scouts out, I guess it should be expected since it is a holiday weekend. 

We finished off the day trying to watch a sunset from Spy Rock. I heard that the confederates had an encampment upon the rock to spy on enemy troop movements during the civil war. It definitely makes sense, the view from up there was spectacular. We wanted to watch the sun set but a storm cloud came in a ruined the view. We had a single piece of hail fall on us and a couple drops of rain but orger than that everything has seemed to miss us. 

 

Tomorrow we are going into Devils Backbone Brewery. It's a 7 mile hike down The Priest but after that we are getting a ride to the brewery from a guy and his son that we met this evening. I guess the son is preparing to hike the PCT in starting in July. I'm so jealous. 

I think we will end up staying at the brewery tomorrow night. 

Goodnight 

-Prof

P.S. I spoke too soon about the rain. It's starting to rain now.