Tag / Appalachian Mountains

My brother wanted to organize a backpacking adventure a few weeks ago so I decided that we should hike the Smoky Mountains National Park. 40 miles, lacerated shin, bummed knee, lack of sleep are all the major events within our trip. The first day we started out at the Big Creek trailhead and took a [...]

This weekend Melody and I were on a trip to the Appalachian mountain range in the Smoky Mountain National Park. We decided to hike the Appalachian Trail, toward the Charlie Bunion overlook.  Here is Melody on the way to the overlook, all excited. We arrived at the overlook after hiking nearly 4 miles.  A lone [...]