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F-Troop Hosts Annual
Motorcycle Pete Event
The
21st annual March 10th Motorcycle Pete Retreat brought
five men and three women to Camp F-Troop recently to
celebrate the promise of spring. It rained all weekend,
but we dodged raindrops and capitalized on breaks in the
weather to enjoy two evening campfires, a trout-fishing
venture, and a hike to the mountaintop.
After the Saturday morning rains abated, seven of us
took off for the woods while Mark the Camp Concierge
stayed behind to clean up camp and then rest from his
labors. Queen, Digital, and Millimeter went fishing at
Antler Run, while the three ladies and I headed north to
Fern Hollow to climb the mountain. The guys caught only
four fish, but all were beautifully-marked wild native
brook trout, and catch expectations were low because the
creeks were roily and water temperatures were low. They
enjoyed just getting out there, breaking the ice on a
new season, and wandering upstream under the hemlocks
and white pines.
Meanwhile, I guided Miss Kentucky, Toots, and Roadie on
a scenic hike up Fern Hollow under the cool river mists
and threatening gray skies. We trekked a half mile up
our favorite deer path to Trout Boulder, where a small
waterfall pours over a rock ledge and creates a brookie
pool below a large sandstone boulder. Then we climbed
800 yards up the mountainside and hiked a razorback
ridge out to the “Top of the World” spot Miss Kentucky
and I had named two years before. The four of us gazed
in silence at the rolling high plateau of the Allegheny
National Forest, moving from green and gray to purple in
the distance. It’s a view any hiker who sees it won’t
soon forget.
Good luck out there. And have a great week outdoors.
~ Don Feigert, 3-31-09
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