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SMOKY MOUNTAINS SHUCKSTACK FIRE TOWER HIKE 5/9/21

      THE PLAN – Stay in Gatlinburg (kind of off-season so it wasn’t too bad and I like the multitude of restaurants there) and get up on the morning of May 9 and check out Shuckstack tower.  I also wanted to check out Fontana Dam. Here are the trails I took – keep […]

9/5/20 – 9/11/20 MT ROGERS HEADQUARTERS TO DAMASCUS APPALACHIAN TRAIL HIKE!

          I have hiked quite a bit in Grayson Highlands State Park / Lewis Fork Wilderness / Mt Rogers Recreation Area but mostly in specific loops along designated trails.  This was partly due to the logistics of not having to arrange a shuttle or staging vehicles and was designed for a […]

MT. HOOD – TIMBERLINE TRAIL HIKE 9-7-19 TO 9-14-19

    I had wanted to hike the Timberline Trail for about three or four years before finally some friends into hiking it with me. At roughly 40 miles it isn’t exactly the longest hike and in fact is probably one of the shortest thru-hikes out there. So far I’ve hiked the Foothills Trail (77 […]