Hike Aborted

Arrived at Cecil's house at 7:15; a new fellow (Dwayne) was going with us. We picked up John Kennerly at Tyson Park and went to I 40. When we were in the Newport area the weather did not look good; at this point we went on to US 321 and drove towards the Park. Here the weather looked a bit better and we subsequently went back to I 40 to give it one more try. Again the weather looked quite iffy. We stopped at the NC rest stop and talked to a woman there; we then decided to abort the hike.