The Murfreesboro and Highland Rim chapters hosted a 4 day, 3 night camping trip to the Smokies. There were 8 campers and we stayed in Cataloochee Group Campsite #2 near Waynesville, North Carolina. The campsite was spacious and it was beside a small stream. The first evening we enjoyed a potluck dinner and then drove down the road to a field to see the elk coming out at dusk to graze. We saw around 20 elk and a few of them came right up to the vehicles.
Tuesday morning we hiked 9.0 miles along the Rough Fork and Caldwell Fork trails. It was a steep climb and descent but we saw old growth trees and beautiful wildflowers.
Wednesday we hiked about 7 miles on the Caldwell Fork and Boogerman Trails. We had 11 creek crossings on this hike but it actually felt good to get our feet wet. It started raining Wednesday night and was still raining off and on Thursday morning so after breakfast we packed up and headed home. We were going to hike the Cataloochee Divide Trail but abandoned the idea due to the weather.
It was good camping weather though, not too hot and temperatures at night around 58-60 degrees. Campers were Jim Barritt, Joe Campbell, Rosie Curtis, Cyn Hartlieb, Joan Hartvigsen, Sara Pollard, Gloria Dale Williams, and Brian Wofford.
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