{"id":1508,"date":"2019-04-18T22:58:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T22:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/?p=1508"},"modified":"2019-04-18T22:58:21","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T22:58:21","slug":"mile-1523-va-april-16-niday-shelter-to-war-spur-shelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/?p=1508","title":{"rendered":"Mile 1523 (VA): April 16, Niday Shelter to War Spur Shelter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I slept in a bit and got started around 8:30am. I said goodbye to Pat, Mary, and Cat Woman. Turkish and the other NOBO hiker were long gone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was another nice day the trail climbed up to a long ridge then followed it for quite a few miles. A sign up top identified the ridge as part of the Eastern Continental Divide. Precipitation on one side flows to the Mississippi while the other flows to rivers toward the Atlantic Ocean.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/8BE17654-0823-4DFD-940D-2F586A2C229B-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1510\" data-link=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/?attachment_id=1510\" class=\"wp-image-1510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/8BE17654-0823-4DFD-940D-2F586A2C229B-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/8BE17654-0823-4DFD-940D-2F586A2C229B-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/8BE17654-0823-4DFD-940D-2F586A2C229B-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/64731C0B-76DB-42EE-A64E-8831019CDE30-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1511\" data-link=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/?attachment_id=1511\" class=\"wp-image-1511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/64731C0B-76DB-42EE-A64E-8831019CDE30-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/64731C0B-76DB-42EE-A64E-8831019CDE30-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/64731C0B-76DB-42EE-A64E-8831019CDE30-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/9CD5CADB-E7FA-4EE5-A890-FEE1D1B9CA12-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1518\" data-link=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/?attachment_id=1518\" class=\"wp-image-1518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/9CD5CADB-E7FA-4EE5-A890-FEE1D1B9CA12-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/9CD5CADB-E7FA-4EE5-A890-FEE1D1B9CA12-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/9CD5CADB-E7FA-4EE5-A890-FEE1D1B9CA12.jpeg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For over a mile on top of the ridge we passed old stone piles or cairns. Supposedly these were made by early farmers. Most looked just like rock piles but a few were very purposely built with neatly arranged stones.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FBD827EA-83DC-448E-AD0F-5B8CF0AB4542-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FBD827EA-83DC-448E-AD0F-5B8CF0AB4542-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FBD827EA-83DC-448E-AD0F-5B8CF0AB4542-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FBD827EA-83DC-448E-AD0F-5B8CF0AB4542-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upon descending from the ridge we entered a series of farm pastures which continued for at least an hour. In one was the largest tree on the Appalachian Trail. The oak is estimated to be over 300 years old. It had no leaves yet so we could see it\u2019s whole branch structure. The base is reportedly more than 16 feet around. The timing was such that we stopped for lunch under the tree, sitting on a large log that may well have been a branch from the tree above.\u00a0It was an impressive and humbling living thing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/34D3A1EC-6230-4FE2-86B0-2B19297394C6-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1514\" data-link=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/?attachment_id=1514\" class=\"wp-image-1514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/34D3A1EC-6230-4FE2-86B0-2B19297394C6-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/34D3A1EC-6230-4FE2-86B0-2B19297394C6-300x225.jpeg 300w, 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class=\"wp-image-1517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CE3781A8-B2E5-4918-B554-318DF559ADE6-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CE3781A8-B2E5-4918-B554-318DF559ADE6-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CE3781A8-B2E5-4918-B554-318DF559ADE6.jpeg 1570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We continued through lovely rural pastures for some time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/379DC81A-7D30-45AD-BFBD-E5789C735BAB-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1519\" data-link=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/?attachment_id=1519\" class=\"wp-image-1519\" 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again to the final ridge of the day before going down to a nicely situated shelter below. The shelter was close to a fast running stream. With the clear weather I set up my hammock but left the tarp rolled up to enjoy the night sky.\u00a0And the sky cooperated all night&#8230;not a hint of rain. <br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I slept in a bit and got started around 8:30am. I said goodbye to Pat, Mary, and Cat Woman. Turkish and the other NOBO hiker were long gone.&nbsp; It was another nice day the trail climbed up to a long ridge then followed it for quite a few miles. A sign up top identified the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/?p=1508\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mile 1523 (VA): April 16, Niday Shelter to War Spur Shelter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-appalachian-trail-sobo-2018-19","category-hiking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1522,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508\/revisions\/1522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}