For those of you who are not familiar with The Appalachian Trail hiking system, the white blaze on the tree means it is, in fact, the A.T., and you are on the right path. Essentially if you decide to hike the A.T. from Georgia to Maine (or visa- versa) you simply follow the white blazes! A kin to the "yellow brick road" theory, I'm sure! At any rate, we had 5 or so glorious hours of following the white blazes through some of the most gorgeous forest around. This is only about 20 minutes from our house! We crossed over the yellow mountain pass (actually, more like climbed up!) and saw vistas and views that were vastly soul quenching, to say the very least! There are wild flowers in bloom every where, and the blackberries are just about to bust out in full force! So ... fortunately our journey only included spotting a couple of deer ~ one doe in particular who really held us in her sight for about 2 minutes and left trumpeting her little heart out! I'm hoping she was warning all the bear to hide, because we know they're out there right now ... and I'd rather we just NOT see them!! We see the evidence ... that's enough! At any rate, the red "barn" you see is an actual A.T. shelter, built in 1980's according to the info. It was a great weather barrier, but not good for bear shelter like the ones further south. They are actually made of stone on 3 sides, and a chain link fence and locking gate on the 4th! It was a SUPERB day and it only took us from October to now to get out there! But hopefully, now that we've found our way .... nothing's going to stop us now!
Happy 24th Birthday to Melissa!!!! Hope all your birthday wishes come true this year!
Dancer's Pointe dancers, parents and staff, our thoughts are constantly with you this week! Good luck!
And now, believe it or not, I must leave for the studio to teach a hip hop class! Love to all!
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