smokymtnsteve
03-18-2004, 14:03
Just talked to smokymtnred on the phone...he is at the Bluebery Patch...Gary and Lennie's Poteat 's place near dick's creek gap crossing at US 76. he's having a great time.
He left NEEL"S GAP monday morning and walked to low gap shelter which he said was fairly crowded....and spent monday night there with whiteblaze member syracuse who was also there.
next he headed for blue mtn...but five miles from low gap he discovered that he had left a piece of gear at the low gap shelter and turned around to go back...was able to retreive the gear and then walked to blue mtn shelter...about an 18 mile day..
he won't tell me what he left at the shelter ...but I guess this is a good LEAVE NO TRACE lesson ...if you LNT and double check you will not LEAVE YOUR STUFF behind eitheir.
so he spent tuesday night at Blue mtn shelter where there would have been room for a couple more hikers.
up early and a long day from Blue Mtn down into unicoi gap and over Tray mtn and then thru the swag to Deep gap shelter...where they spent a crowded night wednesday. about a 15 mile day.
so he gets up early this morning (sans breakfast) and heads into dick's creek gap...meets up with Gary Poteat dropping off the morning shuttle, so gets a ride with gary back to the blueberry patch ...what an easy hitch.(has someone taught this young man , "trail tricks") :clap
He's cleaning up and heading into town this evening for an AYCE and then in the morning Gary and Lennies always FANTASTIC pancake and homegrown blueberry breakfast....shuttle to trail and then up BLY GAP to MUSK RAT CREEK shelter and then into RAINBOW SPRINGS campground where I should meet and join him on sunday.....
I better get packing.
He left NEEL"S GAP monday morning and walked to low gap shelter which he said was fairly crowded....and spent monday night there with whiteblaze member syracuse who was also there.
next he headed for blue mtn...but five miles from low gap he discovered that he had left a piece of gear at the low gap shelter and turned around to go back...was able to retreive the gear and then walked to blue mtn shelter...about an 18 mile day..
he won't tell me what he left at the shelter ...but I guess this is a good LEAVE NO TRACE lesson ...if you LNT and double check you will not LEAVE YOUR STUFF behind eitheir.
so he spent tuesday night at Blue mtn shelter where there would have been room for a couple more hikers.
up early and a long day from Blue Mtn down into unicoi gap and over Tray mtn and then thru the swag to Deep gap shelter...where they spent a crowded night wednesday. about a 15 mile day.
so he gets up early this morning (sans breakfast) and heads into dick's creek gap...meets up with Gary Poteat dropping off the morning shuttle, so gets a ride with gary back to the blueberry patch ...what an easy hitch.(has someone taught this young man , "trail tricks") :clap
He's cleaning up and heading into town this evening for an AYCE and then in the morning Gary and Lennies always FANTASTIC pancake and homegrown blueberry breakfast....shuttle to trail and then up BLY GAP to MUSK RAT CREEK shelter and then into RAINBOW SPRINGS campground where I should meet and join him on sunday.....
I better get packing.