Walking to the Smoky Mountains, Day 19
Walking to the Smoky Mountains, Day 19, June 16 Chambers Creek (#98) — Pole Road Campsite (55) 22.5 miles Right up to the end, a perfect hiking day. I remember moment in Earl Shaffer’s Walking with Spring when he describes how he hit a point where he ate twice what he had been eating. Long […]
Walking to the Smoky Mountains, Day 18
Walking to the Smoky Mountains, Day 18, June 15 Procter Fields (#86) — Chambers Creek (#98) 15 miles The humidity dropped, so apart from some general malaise (just feel like I’m running out of gas), today’s walk was excellent. Relatively steady altitude with sweeping curves up into the coves, rock hopping a spring or stream, […]