We took the motorhome for this trip, which is about 39 miles from Trackrock. It is west of Franklin, NC and has an elevation of about 3500 ft. The headwaters of the Nantahala River pass thru the campground. It is a beautiful river that gets a lot of fishing pressure, but is not stocked. It has mostly wild rainbows, but also some wild browns. Armed with some tips from the locals, we fished downstream from the campground with flys that would get down into the water column. Joan, however, caught the only fish, two nice rainbows, although we both lost a few. Given the type of fishery, we still consider it a successful outing. The motorhome behaved wonderfully, and the weather mostly cooperated, with only a few storms. There was a bear that came into the campground at night and campers who left food out found it gone in the morning. One group left a few days early and misses out on their holiday weekend. We were not bothered. This was our first time in our new rig dry camping (no elec. or water hookups), so we had some things to learn about keeping the batteries charged with the generator. Joan successfully drove the motorhome back down the mountain. We had a great time.
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Hike with Mountain High Hikers (May 11)
Today we hiked 6.4 miles, mostly along the Appalachian Trail, from Woody Gap, off hwy 60, to Dockery Lake. It was mostly foggy with a few periods of light rain, but a beautiful hike none the less. This was our first hike with the group, but felt very welcomed and comfortable with the pace. Their website is: http://www.mountainhighhikers.org/
Tree Removal
We had a large wild cherry break in half, with a major part of it left hanging precariously close to the fifth wheel. The only way Frank could cut it down was to move us to a site across the road for the day. He did a great job cutting it just right so it would land without hitting any good trees or utilities. We of course had to get it ready to move just like we were heading off somewhere. We will sleep much better knowing there is no longer a major limb hanging over our heads.
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Special Kids Day (May 6)
Yesterday we drove over to the Chattahoochee National Fish Hatchery to help with the Special Kids Day Fishing Rodeo. Our Trout Unlimited Chapter is involved with this event every year. The hatchery lets the kids fish and keep eight trout each right in the hatchery. The kids (and helpers) had a blast, and everyone (160 kids from three counties) caught their limit.
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