Smokemont Campground (June 20-23)

This campground is in Great Smoky Mountain National Park and has Bradley Fork running thru it. If you are looking for a quiet secluded getaway, this is probably not what you're looking for, at least not while school is out. It is a popular spot for families and tubing on the river. We enjoyed fishing it, but had to hike and get away from the campground. We were not well prepared for the amount of water in the river, so our success was limited. John thinks we needed to have larger flies, which was pointed out by some locals we talked to. It was quite rainy, but that's not unusual for the Smokies. We were unable to fish at all on Thursday, so we hiked the Bradley Fork trail to the bridge and checked out places to get in and out of the river to fish for next time.

It is about 90 miles here from Trackrock, and just north of Cherokee, NC. There are no hookups in the park, but the MH worked great for dry camping. We ran the generator each day to recharge the house batteries. We also filled the fresh water tank for dish washing and to operate the toilet.

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