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| Ambrose is ready to go despite the clouds. |
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| So am I! |
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| Heading out to Skillern from Big Smoky Canyon Campground . |
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| The water’s higher than I remember from previous years, but we don’t have to cross it. |
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| This is a new feature of the trail. |
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| Ambrose crosses Calf Creek. |
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| Hard to tell from the picture, but it’s started to rain. |
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| Raining enough that we put on our pack covers. Mine is improvised from my bird seed bag seat because I forgot to make sure I had a big trash bag for that purpose packed. Whoops! |
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| Something odd about this sign… |
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| I took a break under the tree to the left to get out of the rain before heading up the high road. |
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| Ambrose heading up towards Poison Creek. |
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| That tiny red dot is Ambrose coming down off the high road. |
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| Skillern Creek required a boots off crossing this time. |
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| We made it to the campsite before anyone else and claimed the stone chair spot. It’s a bit different now that a huge tree trunk has split off. |
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| I got cold and grumpy in the rain. How now, when the clouds were so darn close to us you could practically reach out and touch them? |