Hike Location
Name: Jones/Doyles
Distance: 100 miles from Richmond(approx)
Total hiking distance: 6.6 miles.
Elevation Gain: 1300 ft
Hike Team: Sandeep and his wife, my wife and me.
Hiking Experience: Started around 6:00 am in the morning. Picked Sandeep and left to our destination around 6:30 am. Took a halt at rest area around 7:30 am. We reached the Brown Gap parking lot(out destination) around 8:30 am. We saw only couple of cars at the parking lot. Climate was sunny. We had our breakfast at the parking lot at nearby huge rocks under the shade of trees. We started our hike around 8:45 am. The trail was broad covered by huge trees on both the sides. We were hiking down the hill and for first couple of miles it seemed easy. Being covered with huge trees we have not experienced the heat of Sun. We were hiking in the middle of the jungle. Being famous for its waterfalls we have met many fellow hikers along the trail. Reached the first waterfalls(Jones) around 11:14 am.
The falls were amazing. They were not huge but spectacular. There were colourful butterflies at the waterfalls. We enjoyed the little rays of Sun falling on the trail through the gaps of the leaves. The trail became narrow and steep increased gradually. we slowly hiked further until we reached second waterfalls. These were taller than the first and we were able to touch the falls. Water was very cold. We had our lunch at the falls around 1:45 pm. We spent sometime at waterfalls, filled our bottles with pure water of the falls. We continued our hike around 2:25 pm. The steep increased as we hiked further the narrow blue blazed trail.
