Started by visiting Mammouth Caves for a day, drove along the Blue Ridge Parkway (stayed in Maggie Valey), hiked in the Smoky Mountains (4D/3N), camped at Indian Creek Campground (Cherokee Indian Reservation) and visited other sites in the NP, finishing in Cades Cove and Knoxville.
Our hike: Round Bottom/Beech Gap Trailhead ➜ Laurel Gap ➜ Tricorner Knob ➜ Pecks Corner ➜ Enloe Creek ➜ Round Bottom.
Loop from Round Bottom/Beech Gap trailhead
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Mammoth Cave
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Balsam Mountain Rd from trailhead parking lot…
…leaving our car behind for four days and…
…heading up on Beech Gap Trail…
…to Laurel Gap shelter
Protecting our stuff from black bears and mice…
…at Tricorner Nob shelter
Tricorner Nob shelter, ready to go to Pecks Corner
Appalachian trail
Smoky Mountains
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At the crossroad…
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Crossing Enloe Creek
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Raven Fork…
…just resting…
…at Backcountry Camp 47 on Enloe Creek Trail
Relaxing after the hike at Indian Creek Campground
Loop from Round Bottom/Beech Gap trailhead
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