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The tent held, the clothes didn’t dry overnight. Started the day with a wet outfit. That’s what I signed up for, but not too pleasant anyways. At least the rain stopped. First half of the day was a bit gloomy and wet, which brought the salamanders out. Hiking was good, on pine needle trails, bushes

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The big thing today was Max Patch, which is a quite exposed bald with excellent views all around. Made it there by noon and way before the weather finally turned bad. Very windy on top. Has a slight Black Forest vibe. Shame they closed it down for camping. The shelter we’d liked to stay at

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Got homemade breakfast, another shower for good measure and took our time before leaving Standing Bear. Fresh clothes and resupply should last to Hot Springs easily. Due to the closure of Max Patch the mileages will be a little wonky the next few days. Cambio/Darth left their electronics bag behind at the cabin, so we’ll

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Did a short day to Standing Bear Farm. Almost just descent today, coming down from the smokies. Did a short side trail to Mt Cammerer Lookout Tower for the views, which were well worth the extra miles. Heat in the afternoon after getting down below 2000 ft. Lush greens and humidity again. Met Mississippi Guy

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Cold night, woke up to frost on the ground. The sun was out though and made getting up easy. Due to rain forecasted for tomorrow afternoon we decided to make a big push to Cosby Knob Shelter twenty miles ahead. That could get us out of the Smokies by then. Started early, put in the

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