This past 3 days we did our yearly vacation to Fontana Lake for some hiking and boating, and a general immersion in the wilderness of the Great Smoky Mountains.
The big hike this year was the 9 mile roundtrip and 2500' climb to the top of Shuckstack tower on the Appalachian trail. It seems to get longer every year, but this year the weather was perfect. Mid 70ºs at the lake mid 60ºs on the mountain and sunny.
The rest of the time there we hiked up Hazel Creek where we hung out at the Calhoun House, and saw 3 bear on the hike back. The fall color was near peak.
No doubt, I've detrained quite a bit from not running in a week, and the rugged hiking I definitely felt in my foot, but will be back to it today during this sharp cold snap with temperatures only in the mid 40ºs today. I did apparently burn some calories on the trip, weighing just 139.9 lbs last night after putting the boat away. This cold snap will be over by the weekend with temps back in the low 70ºs.
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