This is how the day began from our fourth floor oceanfront hotel room. We're at the Friends of the Mountain to Sea Trail annual "gathering" at Kill Devil Hills. The gathering began on Thursday evening with a reception at a local brewery. We crowded onto the rooftop deck and socialized as best we could. It was almost impossible to move there were so many of us. The next day was filled with hikes and a reception at Jennettes Pier in the evening. Friday was the actual annual meeting on at Festival Park on Roanoke Island which ended about 1pm.
After that meeting, everyone headed over to Jockeys Ridge State Park where the terminus of the MST is located. The MST monument conceived by director Brent Laurenz is located there. After a box lunch at the visitor center, Joy Greenwood, Jockeys Ridge superintend had some remarks and then we were off to the monument. All 250 of us hiked off to the sand dunes, led by Ranger Austin Paul. I recall Austin from his time at Hanging Rock State Park.
It was quite a scene to see 250 hikers head out and encircle the monument. A group photo was arranged and then the gathering came to a close.
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