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Shoe Creek/CrabTree Falls May 23rd, 2004

This trip did not start out as a Shoe Creek run.  The plan had been to do either Crawford Knob or Big Levels.  However, since this run was on a Sunday very few people could actually make it, and some of those that had planned to attend were no shows. It turned out to be just myself and Allen (I had the TJ on this trip as Jen was in VA Beach for the weekend and the XJ is laid up waiting for the D44).  We left Waffle House at around 9am and made our way towards Crawford Knob only to find a gate up.  Since Big Levels was on the other side of Afton Mountain (meaning we would have to go around via I64), we decided to make our way down to Shoe Creek instead.

FIrst we had to figure out how to "get there from here".  It was a good thing that I not only had all the maps printed out, but had brought the laptop with the TOPO maps with me as well.  Plus, we both had GPS.  In the meantime, Allen got some good pics of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

So, we made our way down to Shoe Creek.  It was a good day.  We even found a few new places to play just off of the main trail...including a few that I would not take in the TJ.  Then next time we get out there I will take them in the XJ since it has more armor.

Some shots from/of the AT where we stopped for lunch.

Finally some shots from the trip back down the trail.

Here's a list of some of the waypoints from the track log.