16: Monongahela
Monongahela National Forest in 4K | Autumn Backpacking, Hiking, and Camping the Tea Creek Trail
Saddle Loop Trail @ 38.3767,
-80.2244
TR 448 (Saddle Loop Trail) & TR 449 (Boundary Trail)
- That one where they get lost on the road
- 01m24s Day One
- 04m09s Finding the Road
- 06m28s Eating at Night
- 08m06s Stars
- 08m27s Day Two * Black Rock
- 10m54s Aerial Investigation
- 11m58s Tea Creek Trailhead
- 12m30s Map Sequence
- 13m25s Moss and Cherry Birch
- 15m53s Into the Woods
- 17m28s Morning Coffee
- 20m23s Hiking On
- Partridge berry
- 20m48s Pear-shaped puffball (“wolf fart”)
- 22m35s Magical forest hiking
- 23m36s Mossy evergreens
- Eyelash mushrooms
- First natural toilet paper for [p Andrew /] (it didn’t go very well)
- Smiley face log
- 25m52s Trail junction & map
- 26m44s Big boulders
- 28m24s Loop junction (another map)
- 30m22s Finding camp
- 30m56s Reishi lingzhi (mushroom; Ganoderma lucidum)
- 31m33s Campsite
- 31m40s Flint and steel
- 33m33s Sweet treat
- 35m26s Pocket bellows
- 36m41s Thanksgiving mash
- 37m18s Dinner: apples and cinnamon; REI Thanksgiving * Pocket bellows * [yt lPbGzG4nOdE]Find Your Park[/yt] video
- 38m36s Patreon shout outs
- 40m30s Giving thanks
- 41m15s Starlight and fire
- 43m10s Day Three
- 46m10s
- Breakfast: coconut pancakes; eggs; mushrooms (hen of the woods); soup
- 48m17s Hen of the woods
- 49m04s Morning feast
- 50m03s Packing up
- 51m15s Poison pigskin puffball
- 52m03s Gorge overlook
- 52m38s Autumn stroll *
- 55m00s Credits
- [geo url=’’ tel=‘304-226-3800’ adr=‘6759 Webster Rd, Cowen, WV 26206’ lat=‘38.410950’ lon=’-80.510508’] Hilltop Diner[/geo]
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