As we started you can see the green at the lower elevation - spring arrived here...
Pat & Kev making the turn starting out...
...on their way up, chating and connecting....good times!
Elk Knob Summit - not quite as high as K2....but a tough climb nonetheless...
Should have taken more pics - incredible vistas..
Kevin....(doing pretty good for a tough night of celebration the night before)...
The trail at the top....dropping off quickly....that's Kevin not all that far but the optics of the drop makes it look like he's a mile away...
Later that evening we were invited to one of Kevin's peer graduates/friends for a cookout at the cabin they rented., right on a hard-flowing rocky river - very cool...
Great place to talk and have a cocktail...
The Fontenot's are from Layfayette, LA and we had a wonderful time with them - especially sampling their homemade pepper jelly and all their homemade wines - wow!
The graduation visit was winding down at this point - only one more day left in the Boone, NC area..............for now.
