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		<title>2011 Review, 2012 Preview</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margie Hunter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve just completed my second full year of Smokies hikes. Whenever I mention the fact I’m hiking all the park’s trails, people inevitably ask, “How many have you done?” or “What’s your mileage?” Taking the time to calculate this hasn’t been a high priority, but I guess it is time to check the numbers and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hikinginthesmokies.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10958770&amp;post=1032&amp;subd=hikinginthesmokies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Injun Creek &amp; Ramsey Cascades Trails, Oct. 28, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margie Hunter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today Clarence and I are going exploring along Injun Creek, a manway next to the Greenbrier Ranger Station that gets quite a bit of use. Ken McFarland takes his Pilgrimage moss walks there to see many species of bryophytes &#8212; mosses, liverworts, and a hornwort &#8212; growing within the first quarter mile. I’ve seen numerous [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hikinginthesmokies.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10958770&amp;post=1022&amp;subd=hikinginthesmokies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crib Gap &amp; Metcalf Bottoms Trails, Oct. 27, 2011</title>
		<link>http://hikinginthesmokies.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/crib-gap-metcalf-bottoms-trails-oct-27-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margie Hunter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday is cloudy and cooler with a chance of showers, just perfect for an easy day of odds and ends. I have two smaller trails to complete and certain sites I hope to check for fall color. Clarence and I can call it quits at any time should the weather become too drippy, but with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hikinginthesmokies.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10958770&amp;post=1009&amp;subd=hikinginthesmokies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grapeyard Ridge Trail, Oct. 26, 2011</title>
		<link>http://hikinginthesmokies.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/grapeyard-ridge-trail-oct-26-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margie Hunter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s another lovely day in the Smokies, and a few friends are joining Clarence and me for a hike on Grapeyard Ridge &#8212; Susan and Allen Sweetser, two wonderful, longtime companions who really know their plants, and Randy Small, a biology professor at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Randy and I led a hike [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hikinginthesmokies.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10958770&amp;post=993&amp;subd=hikinginthesmokies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Low Gap &amp; Mt. Cammerer Trails, Oct. 25, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margie Hunter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The weather today is spectacular, sunny with expected highs in the 60s. Clarence and I are going to the Mt. Cammerer Lookout, picking up the hike we scuttled a few days ago due to the storm. Not far from our campsite, there is a 0.4 mile spur trail that joins Low Gap at 0.8 mile. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hikinginthesmokies.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10958770&amp;post=988&amp;subd=hikinginthesmokies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trillium Gap Trail, Oct. 24, 2011</title>
		<link>http://hikinginthesmokies.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/trillium-gap-trail-oct-24-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 04:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margie Hunter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Within a few yards, Trillium Gap Trail hangs a very unexpected left. It turns back toward the lodge at a small hydrant-looking pipe and becomes a narrow footpath through grasses. Convinced that this is just a back way to the cabins, I lead Mary and Clarence to the right down an even less inviting path [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hikinginthesmokies.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10958770&amp;post=963&amp;subd=hikinginthesmokies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mt. LeConte, Oct. 23-24, 2011</title>
		<link>http://hikinginthesmokies.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/mt-leconte-oct-23-24-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margie Hunter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hiking the Smokies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Clarence, Mary and I arrive at LeConte Shelter, the first thing I notice is the dumpy old faded green port-a-potty (groan). It is the same one we had last year and apparently hasn’t been cleaned since Annette wiped it down 16 months ago. Somebody must use it, but no one in our group does, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hikinginthesmokies.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10958770&amp;post=952&amp;subd=hikinginthesmokies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alum Cave Trail, Oct. 23, 2011</title>
		<link>http://hikinginthesmokies.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/alum-cave-trail-oct-23-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margie Hunter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our second overnight backpacking trip begins the next day. Clarence, Mary, and I are hiking to the LeConte shelter. Mike, Mary’s husband, drives us to the Alum Cave trailhead on Hwy 441. We arrive at 9:00 a.m., and the parking area is already overflowing. The weather forecast is sunny and mild with temperatures in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hikinginthesmokies.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10958770&amp;post=939&amp;subd=hikinginthesmokies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Snake Den Ridge Trail, Oct. 22, 2011</title>
		<link>http://hikinginthesmokies.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/snake-den-ridge-trail-oct-22-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margie Hunter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maddron Bald joins Snake Den Ridge about .7 mile from the latter’s junction with the Appalachian Trail. To complete Snake Den, I’ve got to head up before I can head down. Mary lives nearby and regularly hikes these trails, so she is quite willing to rest here and watch our packs while Clarence and I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hikinginthesmokies.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10958770&amp;post=926&amp;subd=hikinginthesmokies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Maddron Bald &amp; Albright Grove Trails, Oct. 21-22</title>
		<link>http://hikinginthesmokies.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/maddron-bald-albright-grove-trails-oct-21-22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margie Hunter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first of two overnight hikes is planned today.  Mary joins Clarence and me for a stroll up Maddron Bald to campsite #29. Her husband Mike drops us off at the trailhead, and if you don’t already know where this sucker is located, you may have a tough time finding it. Just outside Cosby, a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hikinginthesmokies.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10958770&amp;post=913&amp;subd=hikinginthesmokies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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