🌜 Spence Field Shelter

Last night there was a cold front coming in- we had massive wind and rain was pretty heavy. My tent was pitched perfectly and there were no problems. Temps started this morning at a high of 36° and over the course of the day they went down to 28° (still dropping as I type) and there was eventually a sleet storm that developed… so it was not an easy day on trail. The rules in the Smokys require me to camp in specific locations, so I had to call the day early after hiking about 12 miles. -it just didn’t seem reasonable to do another 6 miles to the next shelter in these conditions. Call me a quitter/slacker 🤪. There are some folks here in their tents tonight but I’m bunking in the shelter.

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