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Appalachian Trail South from Erwin
August 22, 2010 10:35:13 AM
     During one of my weekends visiting Khine in Johnson City we finally got the chance to go hiking again. We typically look up state parks or large recreational areas that have hiking trails, well in the process of finding a good place I discovered that the Appalachian trail runs right by here! Basically our entry point was at a little mom and pop run hostel/camping-supply-store just outside of the town of Erwin. We didn't really have the time nor were prepared enough to do a really long distance leg, and fortunately we were only 1.6 miles or so from a spot on the trail with a great view of the river down bellow. So we headed south bound on the trail to see what we could see.
     Along the way we saw a good bit of wild life, even more so than in some of the parks we've visited. Since it had just rained, it wasn't too hot either. But this section of the trail was quite treacherous in some places. Very steep, uneven, and narrow bends along mountain sides. You definitely can't be messing around on some of these stretches. Eventually we made it to the top and saw our view. I deviated from the trail a bit once up there to see if I could find an even better view, and I discovered a camping site. There was a fire ring and even a US flag perched on the highest rock cliff. Hiking this trail was pretty neat, especially when we passed people that were on it for days. It spans over 2000 miles from Georgia to Maine! Looking forward to hiking the whole thing some day!

                                  
                                  

DATE: August 22, 2010 04:04:02 PM     NAME: KM
COMMENT: It was fun! I`m glad we did it even though I was so exhausted by then. And you put that idea inside me of hiking along the trail for days! Now, I can`t get that idea out of my head =) We`ve really got to do it, man!

DATE: August 23, 2010 03:12:13 PM     NAME: jue
COMMENT: very cool guys! i love it!i cant imagine hiking for DAYS! try a hike-in campsite, and then attempt the hiking for days part!

DATE: September 01, 2010 10:57:17 AM     NAME: dankrill
COMMENT: Very true, we deff need to go camping in the woods somewhere sometime.

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