Hurricane!

These intrepid hikers sat out Hurricane Isabel one year and Hurricane Frances the next. But they finally got to hike!

Yes, for this hike we have been christened with new trail names by Lois and Earl Arnold, owners and operators of the Dutch Haas B&B. We stayed at their Bed & Breakfast last year to wait out Hurricane Isabel and we arrived this year with Hurricane Frances, so now we are known as the Hurricane Sisters, Spirit/Frances and Smasher/Isabel! Beth and I arrived at the Dutch Haas after both of us drove through the driving rains of Hurricane Frances most of the day. We were to begin our hiking journey on the 8th of Sept. but decided to wait out the torrential downpours, high winds and downed trees as the remnants of Hurricane Frances passed through.