Captain's Log, Stardate 201710.07:

We meet again in one week! Join us at the top of Pilot Mountain (1792 Pilot Knob Park Road, Pinnacle, NC) near the picnic shelter! Yes, you can drive all the way to the top! We'll meet and enjoy the view and maybe even walk or hike a bit! There are scenic views directly off the parking lot so nobody has to go far!

IF the mountain is crowded (and I've seen lines of cars all the way up the mountain in the Fall) or if it's rainy, we'll go to our backup location: the Autumn Leaves Festival in Mount Airy. I propose that our backup location could be a shopping center parking lot near McDonald's (508 N Renfro St, Mt Airy), from which I think we could walk downtown.