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36 Miles: 23.5 Trip: 341.5 Started: Sams Gap Destination: Erwin, TN
I spent the last night just past Sams Gap. I had intended to go a little farther but a bad thunderstorm was moving in and decided it would be best to set up camp as soon as possible. I knew I would not make it as far as the next shelter and did not want to set up in the rain. It was a bad storm! I had good cell service that night and Weather.com was calling for tornado warnings and severe thunderstorms. I hunkered the outside edge of my tent as close to the ground as possible and set up a few logs around the outside to prevent splashes from getting all the way inside. It worked pretty good and I was more or less dry in the morning. The storm was pretty bad and woke me up a few times during the night. The next day started out cool and very foggy, so much so that quite a bit of water was condensing and dropping from the trees all morning. I was disappointed that Big Bald was totally fogged in and I missed out on some great views. Later in the day the sun eventually did come back out and I decided to push all they way to Erwin to make up my lost miles from the night before. Coming down off the ridge I had some good views of town.
I spent the last night just past Sams Gap. I had intended to go a little farther but a bad thunderstorm was moving in and decided it would be best to set up camp as soon as possible. I knew I would not make it as far as the next shelter and did not want to set up in the rain. It was a bad storm! I had good cell service that night and Weather.com was calling for tornado warnings and severe thunderstorms. I hunkered the outside edge of my tent as close to the ground as possible and set up a few logs around the outside to prevent splashes from getting all the way inside. It worked pretty good and I was more or less dry in the morning. The storm was pretty bad and woke me up a few times during the night. The next day started out cool and very foggy, so much so that quite a bit of water was condensing and dropping from the trees all morning. I was disappointed that Big Bald was totally fogged in and I missed out on some great views. Later in the day the sun eventually did come back out and I decided to push all they way to Erwin to make up my lost miles from the night before. Coming down off the ridge I had some good views of town.
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