It’s nice to get away and that is exactly how I spent the last weekend at one of the PATC cabins up near Harrisonburg. My good friend and fellow photographer Brendan Bush and his wife Nicole turned us onto these awesome cabins built and maintained by the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. We stayed in Conley which has a spectacular view and a pretty wide open layout. They are primitive cabins so no heat or running water. Conley had a wood heating stove and a wood cooking stove, and a spring was right down the hill. Best of all, the privy had a spectacular view!

You have to pack in about a half mile from your car. We were kind of fortunate that Brendan had a 4WD as the road from the bottom to the parking area was a sheet of ice and no way would anything but 4WD make it up the hill. That was even sketchy. Had we had to park at the nearest dry spot, it would have been about a 1.5 mile pack in to the cabin. But, either way, once you get there the haul is worth it.

 

 Sunrise from the front porch….

 

 

 

Jack heading up the hill at sunset…..

 

 

 

 

a swing with a view……

 

 

 

 

gettin’ our grill on at the covered grilling area….did I say primitive???…

 

 

 

 

fully stocked kitchen, all manual…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lots of space for the pooches…..

 

 

 

 

A little hard to sleep late…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 plenty of excercise equipment…..

 

 

 

and best of all….the view