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Hiked 18 miles today through the mud from yesterday's storms. The terrain was easy, though, so I made slick time. I came upon a young lady Thru-Hiker in the late morning who was standing still in the trail looking at me. Her trail name was "Towanda" and she is a recent college graduate from NC hiking the trail solo. Anyway, she was looking back at me to tell me about the huge rattlesnake next to the trail. I enthusiastically said, 'cool - let me get a photo'. She eventually thought this was a good idea and let me take a picture of her as close to the snake as she dared which resulted in this shot:
Here is a closer view of the rattler:
I ended up hiking with her for a couple of miles and we separated when she wanted to stop for lunch (I don't stop to eat, I just stuff my pockets with more food and eat as I walk). This was near the first of two abandoned coal mining towns I passed today. The second was called Rausch Gap. Here are some shots of a plaque describing the town, tailings from a nearby mine, and a small cemetery left in the woods there:
Just before I reached the take-out trailhead on Route 72, I had to cross a creek on an interesting bridge:
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