Newfound Gap Road

“Ima,
Yeah it sucks descending Clingmans going north.”

“There isn't anything great about the views from Guyot I don't remember anything spectacular about Chapman either. I think one of my favorite views is from Thunderhead I love that exposed rock summit. You can see Cades Cove, Fontana Lake, Clingman's all from one spot”

“It wasn't Guyot itself it was the area after that. Deer lick creek gap. That section near Inadu Knob. Do you remember the helipad on the ridge in the middle of the trail?”

“HPM: ya.. that's the place!!.. I was thinking that was Chapman..

IMA: Thunderhead is D'bomb!!... but I hafta ask, do you really mean Thunderhead, or do you mean Rocky Top?”

“Never been to Thunderhead or Rocky Top.

Got the boys working on the itenerary for March though. Might be in there from what they tell me.”

“Guess that would be rocky top I forgot we didn't make it all the way to thunderhead. Heard it wasn't worth the extra walk. That walk from Spence Field to Rocky Top and back seemed like it took forever”

“Interesting.
TD you know the dark image thing we talked about? The images look real dark on this monitor at work and I know the settings are fine in this POS.

My home PC is sooooo much better than this thing.

I'll have to check out the images and see what's up.”

“C'mon Ima!
Hike it anyway!”

“Scroll down to the MIDDLE pic.”

“Well I gotz ta get gone.
I'm cat herding tonight. (Scouts)

Later guys.”

“No way I was pooped plus it was very early March and it was very very cold.
brrrrrrr!”

“Looking up toward Rocky Top, it seemed almost impossible that guys like Harris and Waldron could have been using this place for grazing their animals back in the early 1900’s. Four hikers passed us just as we were about to go onward. They had already walked more than I would have tried in one day, and they still had the toughest climb ahead of them.

When I pointed out where Thunderhead was out there in front of them, and told them that was where they were about to climb, I think the last of the four was ready to give up and go back home. He looked pale, and in dire need of water. He worried me a lot, but we hoped that his friends would not set the pace too fast for him.”