We had the per­fect spring back­pack week­end trip. On Fri­day night we were star gaz­ing off The Pin­na­cle (across from Short­off Moun­tain at the south­ern end of the gorge); then we hiked to a nice camp­site on Yel­low Fork. On Sat­ur­day we back­packed fur­ther towards Dobson’s Knob. Some of the gang were able to get in a bit of climb­ing at a new area called “Black Fork.” Sun­day we woke up at 7:30 a.m., back­packed back to the bus and made it to Wendy’s around noon. It was a great trip to get every­one think­ing about the annual Appalachian Trail trip.