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“LOL, keep on day dreamin' Cap'n Dan!

OK, which works....

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by lizsy101

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“This is a temporary hold area, until I can get on a computer again and finish the report.

6/9/06 Friday – Crossed the Mountains and hiked to CS#20. It took about 5-hours for me to backpack the short distance. The downhill to the creek at the end was exceptionally difficult for me and took me about 1-hour. Every stone seemed to want to throw me. They would roll under my boots or catch in them. Finally, in the dark I took a fall. A hiking stick, my faithful companion of six years, was broken in my fall. I could not see in the dark well enough to cross the creek, so I hollowed for help. Four young guys had passed me an hour previously at the start of the down-leg. I felt one or two of them could have come back looking for me, since it took so long for me to arrive. Two of them did respond and helped me across and into a CS near cables. They, from Knoxville, knew nothing about cables or the campsite post identifier, but had found a bunch of unofficial campsites by going downstream from CS#20. I set my tent up w/o the fly and, in my exhaustion, fell asleep quickly.

6/10/06 Saturday – Today was rougher. The trail became boring with repetitions. Had to go around about 12 folds of Meig’s Mountain. Between each one were water shed areas. About half of them were dry. Finally, I reached the junction with Curry Mountain Trail. Part of a downed tree provided a good place to rest. I knew it was only about a 10 minute hike for KarmaPolice, so I should be there within an hour. Karma Police and I met along the trail. He is a real gentleman. He hiked in to CS#20, then to 19 to meet everyone and back to 20 to meet a friend. Unfortunately, no one was at 19, just woodsie’s tent was there. MDShiker and his daughter pasted me along the trail. She was beautiful and very polite and helpful. They filtered some drinking water for me. Thanks to you both. It took me 7-8 hours to reach CS#19, where I was the last, or next to the last, to arrive. It was a great group, except for the bee that stung me. While I fixed myself a meal, two, beautiful, TT women set-up my tent. That was a real treat___a welcome surprise! Thanks to both of you. Cottonsocks prepared enough pudding for the group. Thanks, Cottonsocks. I’m sorry I was not polite enough to try some. It did look good. I stayed up late after midnight by the campfire, which was well attended by Matt.

6/11/06 Sunday – For most, it was time to break camp. Matt, DSDhiker and busybee were the first to leave. I considered staying another night, but finally packed and headed back to CS#20. I was the last one to leave. The bees, feeling like champs, rejoiced at having cleared out another group. By the time I reached the Curry Mountain Trail Junction, I was wishing that I was done.After a rest I continued, counting the dry and wet water run-off spots between the mountain folds. The dry outscored the wet, 6 to 5. A family of 4, two of them young children, passed me twice. They went to CS#19, but decided there were too many bugs. So they returned to CS#20. Thinking I had another hour to hike, I was happy when I say their tent close ahead. I had taken a nasty fall just finishing the last water crossing as we experienced a shower.”

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This hike was just like all the others in GSMNP. No matter which way you’re headed on a trail, it is mostly uphill!
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I had taken a nasty fall just as I was finishing the last water crossing.

The family, from Cincinnati., Ohio, had an alternative reason. They wanted a shorter hike out on Monday as they were going to visit some relatives in SC.

6/12/06 Monday – I watched the family leave, while I nursed the bee and bug bites. They had bothered me during the night. I decided to rest a day here at this beautiful site. However, I spent the day thinking how nice a number of showers would feel at the Grand Hotel in Pigeon Forge. But the rest helped one knee, which was not feeling good. As Matt expressed it, “These woods are beautiful. It’s great to be here.”

6/13/06 Tuesday – I started to pack, but then decided to have breakfast. I gambled on the bears and left everything on the ground, while I took a few minutes to get some water. Later, on the trail I met a nice, young(maybe 55-69) woman. She dayhiked to CS#20 and returned. The trail dragged on and on, but, finally, to my left I saw one of the last Elkmont homes to be evacuated. However, the downhill to a log bridge crossing over Jake’s Creek was slow going for me. The uphill to Jake’s Creek Trail and on to Cucumber Gap Trail were followed by a long 0.3 mile + of downhill to the trailhead. My memories returned to days when I used to hike the 6-miles Cucumber Gap Traiol Loop from Elkmont Campground three times a day. I got some water at the campground, saw my newest friend seated at a picnic table, but I was too tired to hike to her walk-in campsite, so I headed for The Grand Hotel in Pigeon Forge. A single was $25, higher than the $18.88, for which I was hoping. But I stepped inside, where I was told the $25 rooms were across the street at the Family Inn, which The Grand owns. Their rooms here were family rooms for $35 and up. So I went

Still not finished.
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“Just checking this link stuff of Matt. #&%!$.

Hmm, no linking on #&%!$!
last edited: 6/26/06 8:51:42 AM”

“Test failed, apparently.”

“That's why this is the test thread.
be nice if more used it.
LOL”

“I use the in situ method: post in a regular thread, close the browser, open a new one, go back to the page. Then if my link or image didn't work, find another source.”

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“umm try again”

“wow there ya go.

very cool pic”

“anyway to post a vid to run in a thread?”

“its not a pic though, its a short vid of Savannah (aka downhill) hiking in the clouds in high winds on top of Black Balsam”

“7:27 EDT

Edit: Right on! Yes, we have a clock.
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“testing.

Thought that it must be the start of Happy Hour. Everyone seemed to have left.

Maybe they are sending me a message! I'll go check my e-mail.
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“testing...”

“you failed!”

“ ”

“Nowslimmer will be so proud of you, HOI.”

“well they do meet his requirements for picture size restrictions so I guess so”

“Just the other day I went back and read the first ten or twelve pages of this thread --- What a hoot.”

“One. Two. Three.
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“what are fighting for? don't ask me i don't give a da** next stop is Viet Nam and it's five six seven eight open up them pearly gates . . .”

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“you tilted the whole thing!”

“Yes---- I did! LOL”

“that's a Link To Nowhere --”

“testing ......

< A HREF="the URL of the webpage" TARGET="_blank" >what you want to call it< /A >
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“much better.”

“K...I know I'm bored when I'm waiting to see what's gonna happen on the "HTML test thread".”

“For some Real Fun, go back to the beginning or the thread and see what happened when the inmates started messing with the asylum!

We were having Tooo much fun and Matt had to add safeguards to stop whole pages from scrolling sideways, :D”

“ta da!”

“[url]javascript:cnnVideo('play','/video/us/2007/03/30/hahn.wa.soldier.surprise.king','2007/04/13');[/url]”

“nope, not going to happen WK.
That's a javascript pop-up link. You would need the rest of the code for it to work. It doesn't function the same as a hyperlink
last edited: 3/30/07 3:41:18 PM”

“I am not very computer savy”

“No big deal.
I just didn't want you to bang your head against the wall.”