Thursday, April 20, 2006: Cosby Knob Shelter to Standing Bear Farm...10.4mi

Got up early with "Slim" and we headed to the comfort of a hostel in the gap below... "Slim" and I along with "Gringo", "Trixter" and "What"( they just got married and are apparently honeymooning on the trail) have been hiking for a few days off and on now... But we lost "Gringo" last night, guess he held up at the last shelter...the weather being bad and all... Im off first and arrive at standing bear around 1230. It was good to get in early because it started to rain hard mid afternoon with severe T-storms around...
Pictures:
1. One of the really slow ones going north...LOL...these little guys are all over the trail...
2. Thats me posing at one of the side trails on the way out of the Smokeys...Yup they do allow horse back riding along some of the less arduous sections..
3. Thats "Slim" posing at a marker located at the entrance to the North end of the Smokeys on the AT
4. The road leading to Standing Bear Farm, only about 1/10th of a mile out of our way...
5. "Slim" getting comfortable
6. Pic of our porch, the dining hut, and a little further down on the left is the washer/drier/computer/phone hut...cute set up..
7. some of us gathering on the porch relaxing after walking about 260 miles...