I have the opportunity to take a good hike this year, late summer into fall. I need to be in Roanoke for a week in August and am thinking about leaving from there ( Pearisburg) immediately after my commitment is over. I should be on trail 8/24 (my 60th birthday). I typically hike 6 days per week with one zero on the seventh day. I tend to be slow but steady stopping to smell the roses and like to stay in the 12-13 mile per day range. I need to be off trail the first couple of days in November. I was considering south to Springer or north somewhere to around perhaps Kent. Which way would you suggest and why? I am particularly interested in any Info you might be able to share regarding water that time of the year in either direction knowing it's a ways off still and obviously can change year to year.
Thanks..