Fall Family Hike Day Part I: Going Out!

Saturday was FALL FAMILY HIKE DAY!

Where a bunch of the Camp Family gets together...

And (you guessed it)...

Takes a hike!

Hikes like...

The scenes you're witnessing now...

From our...

INTERMEDIATE HIKE through Stokes Forest.

You can tell it's not...

The beginner hike...

Because of the downed-tree obstacles we placed in their way.

And hikes like...

Our...

ADVANCED HIKE!

The Advanced Hike...

Ventures off of Camp...

Up an ol'...

Stokes Forest Trail...

Until... 

It meets...

The Appalachian Trail.

We then...

(Because this is an advanced hike after all...)

Follow the AT upwards...

Until we take a break...

At a pretty great peak...

With...

A pretty wonderful...

Overlook view...

Which happens to be...

An ideal venue...

For some...

Photographic portraits...

Of our...

Fall Family Hikers.

Then!

As good as the view...

And the break was...

We had to get a move on!

Our Advanced Hikers had to begin the descent back to 4-H Camp!

And our ULTRA-ADVANCED Hikers had to keep going!

And keep going! And keep going!

Until we reached our next...

Scenic destination...

At the top of...

Buttermilk Falls!

And then our NEXT...

Scenic destination...

At the bottom...

Of Buttermilk Falls.

And then the ULTRA-ADVANCED Hikers had to KEEP GOING...

And keep going! And keep going!

To our next Camp-favorite scenic destination...

at Tillman's Ravine!

And then (you guessed it), they had to KEEP GOING...

Until we reached our final scenic destination...

The shores of Lake Shawanni, home-sweet-home, Camp-sweet-Camp, and the victorious end of another Ultra-Advanced Hike.

NEXT TIME ON THE CAMP BLOG: More from Fall Family Hike Day! Because the weekend isn't just about quality hiking time, but quality Camp time too.