And sometimes the Trail looks like this. #at2015
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Sometimes the Appalachian Trail looks like this. #at2015
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Flower of the day from several days ago. Ann will have to help on the identification. Some kind of vibernum? #AT2015
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That would be me on Clingman’s Dome, the highest elevation on the Trail (6643 ft) and about the 200 mile marker. #at2015
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What I’m look8ng at today in the Smokies. What are you seeing? #AT2015
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Food bags this morning in the fog at Russell Field Shelter in the Smokies. All hung high to avoid tempting the black bears. Not that I’ve seen any bears yet. An hour later the fog is pretty well burned off. #at2015
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View from my spot in the Russell Field Shelter last night. Tarp closes off the front to keep the wind out and body heat in. Packs hung to try to keep mice out. Shoes neatly lined up just because. #at2015
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View from the Fontana Shelter (nicknamed the Hilton) where I’m staying tonight. It overlooks the lake impounded behind the Fontana Dam. Tomorrow I walk across the dam and into Great Smoky Mountains National Park. #at2015
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Bonus flower of the day: trout lily (Erythronium americanum) actually photographed yesterday. #at2015
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Flower of the day: dwarf crested iris (Iris cristata) seen all up and down the Trail today on my way from Cold Spring Shelter to the Nantahala Outdoor Center. #at2015
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