{"id":3625,"date":"2022-01-23T13:24:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T13:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/?p=3625"},"modified":"2022-01-23T18:42:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T18:42:03","slug":"virginia-section-hike-va-rt-100-to-campsite-near-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/2022\/01\/23\/virginia-section-hike-va-rt-100-to-campsite-near-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Section Hike VA Rt 100 to Campsite Near Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Back at the Trailhead<\/p><\/div>\n

We slept in and lolled around all morning. We ate breakfast food and snacks in our room. We finally rolled out well after 10:00. We caught a shuttle to VA Rt. 100.<\/p>\n

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It was a hot day with plenty of uphill as we ascended the Peter’s Mountain Ridge. I was feeling that resupplied (heavy) pack, but I totally appreciated having that Powerade!<\/p>\n

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We passed more blooming mountain laurel and wildflowers. There were some nice views up on the ridge.<\/p>\n

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Rice Field Shelter<\/p><\/div>\n

We stopped into the Rice Field Shelter on the ridge to have snacks and drinks. I saw a cool moth next to my foot and enjoyed the view of the ridge. This might have been a nice shelter to spend the night at, but we decided to go a little further. Vega came in as we were getting ready to leave.<\/p>\n

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We had more overgrown, brushy trail to walk through before and after the shelter. I also got scratched on a few more thorn bushes trying to take over the trail.<\/p>\n

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View from Peter’s Mountain Ridge<\/p><\/div>\n

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I read that the trail on this ridge crosses back and forth over the border from West Virginia to Virginia. Although, it wasn’t marked, so I wasn’t sure where exactly this happened.<\/p>\n

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View Looking Out From the Rice Field Shelter Area<\/p><\/div>\n

We stopped at an unofficial campsite near a spring. Frosty set up the tent, and I went down to get water. The trail to the water was marked with blue flagging tape. There was a pipe spring with good flow. I filled up everything. We needed water for the evening and the next morning. There wasn’t any reliable water for ten miles according to Guthooks. Frosty saw a doe and fawn while I got water.<\/p>\n

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Our Spot for the Night<\/p><\/div>\n

Vega came by the campsite when he stopped to get water. Vega stayed in Pearisburg last night as well, but at a hotel. Vega was doing big mileage days, so he was pushing on.<\/p>\n

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Moth With my Shoe for a Bit of Scale<\/p><\/div>\n

It was windy at the campsite. I cooled off and had to bundle up. We had sweet and sour pork for supper. I also had some extra treats, Crush flavored Swedish fish and a small bag of chips! This area had a few make shift fire pits and lots of sitting logs.<\/p>\n

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Power Line View<\/p><\/div>\n

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No one else hiked by, and we were the only people camped here for the night. We hiked 8.5 trail miles.<\/p>\n

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Fire Pit at the Rice Field Shelter<\/p><\/div>\n

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We slept in and lolled around all morning. We ate breakfast food and snacks in our room. We finally rolled out well after 10:00. We caught a shuttle to VA Rt. 100. It was a hot day with plenty of uphill as we ascended the Peter’s Mountain Ridge. I was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,53,29,177],"tags":[67,182,49,56,54],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3625"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3625"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3713,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3625\/revisions\/3713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}