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January 27th, 2019

1/27/2019

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Good Morning,

It’s currently 23 degrees and partly cloudy. There are still lingering bits of snow on the ground. Plan and prepare for winter conditions and heavy ice on the trails. I consider ice-traction mandatory for a safe ascent/ descent in these conditions.

24 hour temperature range | High: 23 Low: 11

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Moving down the level path, my appreciation for the Smoky Mountains grew with every step - the geographic scale of the landscape was equally humbling and inspiring. The crushed gravel corridor of the Gatlinburg Trail spit me into the edge town. I had begun my tour from the nearly evergreen landscape of the LeConte Lodge. Down the Bull Head Trail, I linked into the Old Sugarlands Trail, which brought me close to the Gatlinburg Trail. It would be eleven miles to my mailbox.

Leaving the NOC, I stood out like a sore thumb. The landscape was alien, the smells were too intense. Perfume coated necks, laundry detergent saturated clothes, and fried food wafting doorways overtook the forest. It was hard to breath. Pushing further up Airport Road, the signs of ‘progress’ slipped away. The trees became thicker and more numerous. Nature, again, became the dominant feature on the landscape. Five-thousand vertical feet stood between me and my mountain top home. I smiled wearily at the prospect…

I was grateful for the opportunity.

Onward,
Seth
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“No more cars in national parks. Let the people walk. Or ride horses, bicycles, mules, wild pigs--anything--but keep the automobiles and the motorcycles and all their motorized relatives out. We have agreed not to drive our automobiles into cathedrals, concert halls, art museums, legislative assemblies, private bedrooms and the other sanctums of our culture; we should treat our national parks with the same deference, for they, too, are holy places.”

Edward Abbey
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Sue W
1/27/2019 01:08:11 pm

Sometimes it just gets "too people-y" out there!

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Jodie
1/27/2019 01:50:20 pm

We have never hiked up the Bull Head trail only Alum & Rainbow! Need to try that one! 😊

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Beverly
1/27/2019 03:56:15 pm

Thank you again for watching over the mountain and making treks out in all wind and storms. I like today’s shots, the bottom pic looks like a glacier in Alaska, perhaps?

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Bill B
1/27/2019 08:22:40 pm

Your beautiful photos and prose, and quotes always make me smile deep inside. Thanks so much for sharing. Namaste. Bill B

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Lynn R.
1/27/2019 09:00:42 pm

Beautiful photos! Every morning I look forward to seeing more of
the beauty of the mountain that you share with us.

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Yaya
1/30/2019 09:02:01 pm

Awesome, unreal photograph- the shear spectrum of colors! Thank you for sharing such unique beauty!

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