16: Monongahela

The Monongahela National Forest is located in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia. This adventure took place on the Tea Creek trail system.

🗺 Trail map

• 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
    • 📍 TR 448 (Saddle Loop Trail) & TR 449 (Boundary Trail) @ 38.3767,-80.2244 🌐
  • 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 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
    • Find Your Park 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
  • Through loss and pain, growth occurs. There’s no reason to give up hope.
• 55m00s Credits
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  6759 Webster Rd, Cowen, WV 26206
  38.4109,-80.5105 🌐

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