I got out today to the west side of Rattlesnake Mountain and went up to Stan’s Overlook.
Rattlesnake is not exactly a massively tall peak and I didn’t even go as high as you can on the mountain (about 3,500 feet). But with the clouds so low today, I was able to have the fun of looking north from beneath the clouds (above) to looking north from Stan’s Overlook, which was above today’s clouds:
On the way down I noticed the sound of the Raging River and, after all, there are signs at the beginning of the trail informing you that you are entering the Raging River State Forest. And the river does rage, or at least it is loud enough:
All in all a decent workout. I saw exactly zero people on the trail today, perhaps because it was raining for the first half of the hike and that keeps most of the bikers and hikers away.