Finally we’re done with zigzagging along the NC/TN border! Onward through the remainder of Tennessee! Enjoy the gallery, and remember, you can click on any picture to enlarge it, then scroll left and right to view them all enlarged.
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- Rhododendrons form a long, green tunnel
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- A special blaze – 400 miles!
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- We reached 400 miles! (seemed pretty big at the time!)
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- Vango Memorial Bench – He was not a hiker, but one of the best trail angels! His stepson now runs the Vango and Abby’s Memorial Hostel.
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- The view from Vango’s bench
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- Vango and Abby’s Memorial Hostel
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- Almost snoozin’ at a lunch break
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- View in the Cherokee National Forest
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- Laurel Fork Falls
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- Laurel Fork, near Hampton, TN – We camped along this river and walked into town for dinner and to resupply
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- the trail on a ledge along Laurel Fork
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- Easter Sunday – German hiker, “Timber”, dressed to deliver Easter candy to all the thru-hikers!
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- Watauga Lake
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- Lizard (not a monster, just ~ 6 inches long)
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- Sunset view behind Vandeventer Shelter
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- Vandeventer Shelter
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- Without a mirror, I occasional snap my own picture to make sure I haven’t turned into someone else!
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- A handicapped-accessible trail section
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- An old shelter, now only available for use in case of emergency
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- Click chats with Timber and Deva along the trail
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- Another state bites the dust!
