The Great Smokey Mountains, weird weather and other fun.
Still more of North Carolina and Tennessee to go. The trail wiggles back and forth over the state lines. The final crossing out of NC is mile 393 and the TN and Virginia line is mile 467.
Kuwohi observation tower, highest peak on AT.
you can eat these yellow ones. ,😀
I have reluctantly entered the modern age and downloaded the Far Out app. So now I am debating if I should continue to carry the paperback companion. I was forced in to it by my tramily after I got turned around an accidently hiked 10 extra miles in the dark and rain. Everybody was worried about me and forced me to get a map that will let me know in real time if I am going the wrong way.
The day we left the Smokies was record high 80 degree day. Hot and sweaty is a new challenge. More sock changes and more water consumption.
But never fear summer had not yet fully arrived - the same night brought rain/snow. Lucky it was a shelter night rather than a tent night.
I will take mice running over me while I sleep over packing up a wet tent in the rain. The next day on top of Max Patch there was snow ice and 50 mph winds.
Walking into Spring is wonderful every day or so, the mix of flowers and trees is a different. There was a section of narled and twisted trees that looked spooky, a section of tall pines, another with Ash trees with floral undergrowth. When you go down elevation the foliage is lusher and at high elevation still sparce although the trees are all budding. Sometimes in high winds you are never sure if the creeking trees are on their last root, but you keep on trekking. Below are some spring flower for y'all:
God bless y'all, until next time.
Nice update, Matt.
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