 Good morning, It’s currently 42 degrees and cloudy up top. We received .35” inches of precipitation. Expect Cool - wet conditions if you’re planning to hike up the mountain. 24 hour temperature range: High 42 Low 23 -- The golden light is gone - the horizontal bundles of hoar frost have faded. My world has become a murky realm of grey mist. What was lost in vision has been gained in the other faculties. Closing my eyes, I take a deep breath of the dank landscape. The smell of the earth is grounding - the taste of evergreens rejuvenating - the drops of rain mesmerizing. Every breath, a deeper form of meditation. Do I miss the sun? Do I miss the morning race of purples and pinks dancing across the Smoky Mountain sky? Do I miss the blond rays painting the pines? I can’t deny that I do. But right now, right here - this moment. It is enough - it is more that enough. Onward, Seth  "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world."
John Muir
7 Comments
Tiki Garbade
11/30/2018 10:15:42 am
LeConte is my daughter's favorite place! She and her husband come up every May. I love reading your posts and seeing your pictures. I saw where you are from Statesboro, Ga. I live in Ridgeland, SC. We were almost neighbors. 11/30/2018 12:24:07 pm
Hey Seth. How's trail conditions up there today? Got a temp range for tomorrow? Running the length of the AT through the Smokys starting in the morning. Starting at Fontana.
norman [Ga.]
11/30/2018 02:16:48 pm
1st shot ; great wall paper!! Just about all your photos are great wall paper.. God bless and keep you. Norman
Adam
11/30/2018 04:43:56 pm
Awesome posts. Love your musings. My wife remembered seeing you hiking up, when we were on our way down from the last two nights of the season. She remembered seeing the, "guy with joy written on his face . . ."
Kenneth H. Fly
11/30/2018 07:05:44 pm
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Jay Hill
11/30/2018 10:14:11 pm
I hiked to the summit from the Boulevard trail today. Rainy! Icy, Not a single view, but I knew that was the case when I set out. I loved it. Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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