Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Day 18, Tuesday, May 24

Today, we climbed…. first 1,000’ up Fork Mountain and back down a 1,000’ then 3,000’ up Floyd Mountain which was a steady uphill for almost 10 miles.   At the top of the Mountain we walked onto a beautiful clear bald and the Apple Orchard Mountain FAA tower at the top.   There as a patch of mowed grass around the tower and everyone who came up sit and took in the views and the warm sunshine.    After a 30 minute break we headed out and on our way to Harrison Camp site for the evening.    A little past the tower we saw the Guillotine (Large Rock wedged over the trail.   As we started the decent the camp site we were watching for bears.   We knew that the next shelter had been closed due to bear activity so we had to go to the camp site several miles past it.    When we arrive at the blue blaze to the Thunder Hill Shelter we learned new information not only was the shelter closed but the Harrison Ground Spring campsite also had bear activity so we set our sights on the next campsites another 4 miles away at Marble Springs.    We arrived after 6:00 at Marble Spring campsite after a long 24.1 miles.


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