Day 4 of AT in TN NOBO

Spivey Gap (333.1) to Uncle Johnny’s Hostel (344.5)
Daily Mileage: 11.4

A beautiful day! A chilly 26 degree start at 7:30am and started climbing for the first 2.5 miles. Then enjoyable rolling flat to downhill all the way into Erwin. The trail drops you out of the woods right at Uncle Johnny’s Hostel & Outfitter and the rollicking Nolichucky River. Had seen UJ’s for years on everyone’s YouTube videos, so had to stop in. Spoke to “Mountain Drew” in the shop for a while. Just as I was leaving, I saw Julia from 2 days ago who had decided to take a zero day today after the torrential rains of yesterday. She stayed over night at UJ’s last night and will do so again tonight. I will probably hike with her some in the coming days.Read more