Tough to leave the hospitality of Sunnybank and Hot Springs and do the long trek to Erwin. Got off at about 10:30 after consuming two breakfasts at the Smokey Mtn Diner. After a full day of relaxing, hike up the mountain from 1,350 feet was not as bad as I thought it would be...cold, windy and icy but not too bad. Had some great views of the frozen ice on the trees - like God frosted the mountain especially for us.
Goal was to get to a shelter 11 miles out...got there at about 4:00 pm and decided to add another 5-1/2 miles by the end of the day rather than sitting around in a 1938 shelter in the cold.
Great start on the long trek to Erwin as a result. Have 288 miles logged thus far and should break 300 by the end of today. Weather may break for the positive today.
THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND TRACKING! Hard for me to respond though...
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Crank?
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your journey in this journal. You represent that dreams come true! Congrats on hitting 300 MILES!
WOW.
Martha Kendler
Martha,
ReplyDeleteHow are you? Or better yet, where are you? Seems like you are out in the field, in the south somewhere? Crank...as in cranky...you know how grumpy I can be!
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