Grayson Highlands

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#1 View of surrounding mountains from the Scales
#2 Wild ponies on AT
#3 Abe hiking up Stone Mountain on the AT
#4 Early morning fog on Pine Mountain
#5 Me at the AT near Grayson Highlands State Park

Abe and I went for a quick backpacking trip near Grayson Highlands State Park two weekends ago (7/10-11). We began our trip in the State Park and hiked along the AT, seeing many wild ponies along the way, to The Scales where we camped for the night. The following morning we woke up at 6:30 for sunrise and set out to finish our loop. Most of the morning hike was through dense fog so we didn't get to see many of the awesome views from Pine Mountain. We continued north on the AT and then followed Pine Mountain Trail to Rhododendron Gap. From there we got back on the AT and completed the loop. In total we hiked 12 miles. It was a fun trip although the weather wasn't ideal with all the fog and some small amounts of rain.