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.
- Rhododendrons form a long, green tunnel
- A special blaze – 400 miles!
- We reached 400 miles! (seemed pretty big at the time!)
- 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.
- The view from Vango’s bench
- Vango and Abby’s Memorial Hostel
- Almost snoozin’ at a lunch break
- View in the Cherokee National Forest
- Laurel Fork Falls
- Laurel Fork, near Hampton, TN – We camped along this river and walked into town for dinner and to resupply
- the trail on a ledge along Laurel Fork
- Easter Sunday – German hiker, “Timber”, dressed to deliver Easter candy to all the thru-hikers!
- Watauga Lake
- Lizard (not a monster, just ~ 6 inches long)
- Sunset view behind Vandeventer Shelter
- Vandeventer Shelter
- Without a mirror, I occasional snap my own picture to make sure I haven’t turned into someone else!
- A handicapped-accessible trail section
- An old shelter, now only available for use in case of emergency
- Click chats with Timber and Deva along the trail
- Another state bites the dust!