weather: cool, drizzly. leaves just starting to fall.
sighted:
1 juvenile bear - entered the trail ~ 50 yards in front of us, stopped, saw us & ran
1 deer - thought we spooked it into running, then we heard a dog(s) chasing it through the brush. odd.
1 park service pickup - we passed it parked at Cane Gap trail intersection, then upon return it was parked at Goldmine Trail sign with 6 rangers standing around, must be trail recon/maintenance, didn't notice tools in truck.
hikers passed: 3
I just did this section this weekend and saw tire tracks on the Cane Creek trail and wondered what the heck??? I wonder if they truck people up to the Buchanan cemetery. it seems well-maintained - lots of plastic flowers. there's also a new trail sign at Cane Gap - maybe they were installing that.
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