As you may have guessed from the title of the post, we had a bunch of wind here today. It started last night during the rain and continued all day as we moved through our relatively short day. We planned this short day to make sure we ended up at a shelter site as the bad weather that apparently wreaked havoc in other parts of TN moved towards us. We went up and over Wayah Bald which has a stone observation tower dating from the days of the CCC. We got some great views from the tower of the surrounding landscape and Princess almost gave a middle school kid (at the tower with his Dad who was taking measurements to bid on some rehab work) a great view up her skirt as a gust of wind nearly created a Marilyn Monroe moment on the top of the stairs to the tower. She caught the edge of her skirt in time and saved the moment but it was still pretty funny.
We are staying the night in our tent next to the Wayah Bald Shelter with Mike (from near Albany who started with us), Brett (from Connecticut) and Snail (from NM). We got a chance to wash out our clothes this afternoon and then had a nice campfire to dry out the clothes and keep the bugs away while we cooked and ate dinner. About 6 other people stopped by here this afternoon but chose to push onto the next shelter. That is going to be a crowded place as we think there are as many as 10 people who are going to try to stay in that small shelter built in 1933. Glad that isn't us. We are on track to get into Wesser on Tuesday late morning and resupply for the trip to Fontana Dam (arriving late Friday afternoon). The weather is supposed to drop 1-3 inches of rain on us tonight and tomorrow morning but then clear up for the rest of the week so it will be a nice way to get started in the Smokies.
'till the next episode
- Snowfox
Sent on the go from my Peek
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