The morning hike is a long steady contoured climb to the top of White Mountain, which is a bald. We stop to rest and Digby sees an owl sitting in the tree just next to us, a fantastic siting. There are great views from the summit.
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| Owl watching us from above |
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| View from the summit of White Mountain |
Then the path contours around the mountain and we are introduced to our first 'rocky' trail. It is hard going. A long descent to a place called Elk Gardens which is a field covered with yellow flowers. Apparently this used to be a place where the deer would come, but we only see people and cars.
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| Elk Gardens |
From Elk Gardens we climb to Mt Rogers, another very rocky, contouring path. The shelter at Mt Rogers has two ponies, a mother and a foal, wild horses who are part of the land management of the area. We think - this would never happen in Australia, the National Parks rangers would have shot them long ago. Here they are used to manage the vegetation. We stop for a rest and the mother and foal both move into lick the salt of my legs.
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| Yummo! |
There are lots of hikers about in large groups. College has closed for the summer. We continue walking past the shelter to some wonderful grasslands and decide to camp early and relax.
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| Rhododendron Gap |
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