Date: 2008/08/16 to 2008/08/17
Trip type: hike
Elevation gain: approx. 505 feet
Car-to-car time: 17 hours 39 minutes
USGS quad: Noble Knob
I was in my bivvy sack on the summit of Noble Knob reading by headlamp
when I saw something descending upon me from the corner of my eye. I
looked up into the night sky and saw a large owl swooping down at me.
I raised my arms and the owl veered away. It flew around the summit a
couple times, then came at me again, and again. I had a big grin on
my face as I kept my arms between me and the owl. It was so cool, I'd
never seen an owl hunting at night. After a few minutes it flew off
towards a meadowed valley. Later that night I woke to the sound of fat raindrops hitting my bivvy
sack. I blearily peered at the sky, when I went to sleep it was
clear, now there were black clouds above me and lightening flashing in
the distance. I went back to sleep. At 4:30 AM I woke and noticed two stars on the eastern horizon. They
were swollen and orange, like a harvest moon. They were the only
stars visible in the sky, peeking under the cloud cover that didn't
quite stretch all the way to the eastern horizon.
References
Travel Times Car-to-car time: 17 hours 39 minutes
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