Wine Springs Campsite 117.7
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This morning Christi left us and headed back home. Although we missed his lead uphill we surprisingly still managed to make a lot of miles today. And the best thing are our brand new Sporks!!
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This morning Christi left us and headed back home. Although we missed his lead uphill we surprisingly still managed to make a lot of miles today. And the best thing are our brand new Sporks!!
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We had a great start into the day with the alarm ringing at 5AM so we could see the sunrise from a tower about two miles away. But the problem was that we needed until 5:45 to get moving so we onlyLes mer
Exhausted and tired from our almost 20 miler we slept in until 8 and then started slowly packing our stuff. The first steps were quite hard but afterwards it went better and we reached the NOCLes mer
We're not moving very fast but still managed to do some miles. One uphill hike was even named, Jacobs ladder, and it was pretty terrible. We saw another snake and tomorrow we're heading into theLes mer
In the morning we did a 6.6mi hike to the Fontana Dam to resupply for the Smokies. Luckily we found some stuff directly at the Marina Fontana where we enjoyed a free coffee in the sun. Afterwards weLes mer
First of all: No bears!! :( At least we didn't see them but we heard them at night doing weird noises close to the tent. Other than that we had quite some free time at the Shelter which we used to eatLes mer
Today was another pretty eventful day. We were at Mount Clingman which is the highest mountain in the Smokey Mountains and also the highest elevation in the whole Appalachian Trail! CHECK!
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This morning we were woken up to the most delicious smell you can imagine. Freshly brewed tasty hot coffee. Daniel was our trail angel this morning and even gave us a pack of instant mashed potatoesLes mer
We woke up shortly after going to sleep last night to get woken up by the rain. We quickly got our shoes inside and it kept on pouring the whole night so in the morning we woke up to a bit wet tent.Les mer
After a good night's sleep at a warm and a cosy shelter we started into the hiking day at 5:45am and made fast miles today. It was just a bit raining anymore and afterwards we even had some sunshine.Les mer
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Haha love the sporks!