Day Two Monday June 3, 1996
Cowrock Mt - Popular Stamp Gap 7.3 miles
CrowRock Mt 3,842'
Tesnatee Gap 3,138
Hog Pen Gap 3,450'
Poor Mt.: 3,650' Wide Gap: 3,150'
Sheep Rock Top: 3,575
Low Gap: 3,050'
Popular Stamp Gap: 3,350'
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| CrowRock Mt. |
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| Back on the trail start of day 2 |
Day 2 was originally supposed to be another easy day with only 5.9 miles of walking, but we decided to try and shorten our 5th day by making more miles on this day. This turned out to be a HARD day at 7.3 miles. We left Cowrock Mt. @ 3,842" and came around a turn onto another great view. We paused to admire it and take pictues. Soon after we left it started to thunder & lightening. It rained on us for a little while so we suited up in rain gear. It didnt rain long but we were glad when it stopped!
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Marsha's Load |
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| Raven Cliff Wilderness Tesnatee Gap |
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| Emma Rests in Hogpen gap |
Wildcat Mt....for me it was hard. We had an elevation gain of 650'. We took a much needed rest at the top on some great rocks--I LOVE ROCKs--they, well they ROCk!!
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| Emma in Hogpen Gap |
Later we descended into Hog Pen Gap and still NO WATER!! We crossed HWY 348 again, and the AT guide book made mention of a spring
up the road a bit so up the road we went!! Thank the Gods
up the road a bit so up the road we went!! Thank the Gods
a beautiful spray of water fell off the rocks above and we filled our bottles with water so clean all we did was treat and drink!!
JT got under the spray and had a clothes on shower!!
Then we used some trash cans beside the road that were full of mice..Imagine that MICE ON THE AT..HAHAHAHA
Lunch at Sapling Gap 3, 450 ft.
We stopped on a log for lunch near Sapling Gap. We had not made good time this day partly because of the rain and more for the water delay.
We hiked 2.6 miles when we stopped for lunch. Marsha was getting annoyed because we were going too slow!..so After lunch we stepped up the pace with very little enthusiasm.
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| Marsha the Pace Setter-lunch at Sapling Gap |
By the time we reached the trail to the Low Gap Shelter, where we had originally planned ot stop we were very tired we almost stopped anyways but we stayed strong and headed out..After JT attended to a chaffing problem that had begun to cause him misery..(note to self bring POWDER next time)
SO it was another 1.5 miles to our campsite at Popular Stamp, and we arrived at 7:30. It was not the best of places and we had to hike another 1/2 mile for water!! Emma and I found it down in a steep ravine...IT was hard to get the heavy water bags back up that hill...so we picked up a stick and hung the bags on the ends, we even had enough for baths behind our towels. We usually tie our clothes line around 3 trees if we find the right set up, hang our towels around it and you got the perfect bath stall!!
So JT had the fire going and Emma was walking back from the woods and JT yelled out
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| Jt the Keeper of the Flame |
"Well Emma did you have a BM?"
She didnt answer...so he repeated it..
"Emma did you have a bowel movement..??" then he laughed loudly..and giggled as he sit stirring his fire...just then he heard Emma saying hello to HIKERS that had passed thru our camp..LOL EMMA was a wee bit embarrassed!! Then Marsha came running from behind the towel and said
" I think they saw me naked!" This campsite is too CLOSE to the trail I think.
" I think they saw me naked!" This campsite is too CLOSE to the trail I think.
SO we retired exhausted...we stashed the food in a tree then hit the tent...and during the night I was using the flashlight to look for something in the tent..JT sat up and said " I had a caterpillar on a stick....so I asked "Where is it?" He replied "I don't know, it must have fell off, and he grabbed the flashlight shinned it all over the tent--
"Did you find it?" I asked, and he said "NO", then he laid back down and was immediately snoring--WAS he awake or Asleep?? Next morning he didn't have any recollection of that whole incident....lol
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