There was a 5-day Mini-Cooper gathering while I was here

      Iffy weather

      Peanut butter and chocholate chip tortillas with Vivian and Mark from San Francisco

      The "Fontana Hilton," one of the most luxurious shelters on the trail

      Fontana Dam

      Officially entering the Smokies

      A night alone in the rain at the side of the trail

      Sign to "Long Hungry Ridge Trail"

      Ridge walking with fog on just one side

      Birch Spring Gap, the site of a decommissioned shelter

      Tenting alone at Birch Spring Gap

      Mud splatter on the mesh of the tent caused by heavy rain on the bare ground

      Mollies Ridge Shelter

      Arriving wet at Mollies Ridge Shelter

      There were lots of wet folks hanging out here

      This guy's down sleeping bag had become too wet to use so he had to improvise to get through the cold night

      Fresh coffee!

      Drying out

      Everything was wet

      Bear fencing at Russell Field Shelter where I stopped for lunch

      Slippery, soupy trail with a slush of leaves, mud and water

      Spence Field Shelter where I spent the night alone

      Story of a bear encounter in the shelter register

      Rocky Top

      Derrick Knob Shelter

      Quijote, from Louisville, has backpacked nearly 10,000 miles already

      Endless rain

      No one is in a rush to go out and hike in the rain

      A 2 foot long earthworm, found only in the Smokies

      The gang of section hikers at Silers Bald Shelter

      Ramps for dinner!

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