Category: Smokemont Campground, NC
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Museum of the Cherokee Indian
Thursday, September 30, 2021 53° at 6:00, batteries at 45%, fresh water tank 0% I went to the Museum of The Cherokee Indian. The town of Cherokee is in the middle of the Cherokee Indian Reservation, 57,000 acres of land, known as the Qualla Boundary. Their land covered large parts of North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia…
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Kephart Prong
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 50° at 4:00 Batteries at 51% Charlie Roberts, the fly tier I met at Chasteen Creek, told me to try Kephart Prong and to start fishing where the stream makes a big turn away from the trail. My plan was to fish this all day. I’ve been distracted by other things,…
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Beech Flats Prong
Tuesday, September 29,2021 50° at 5:00 Batteries at 56% Sun only effectively hits the panels one hour a day, and it’s at a big angle then. Charlie Roberts had told me to fish a stream up 441, the name of which I can’t remember, but he said there are two parking lots and to park…
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Chasteen Creek
Monday, September 27, 2021 Batteries 61% I went into town for a few things. Primary was to call Out of Doors Mart Airstream Dealer in Greensboro and see if they could help me with the leaking fresh water tank. Their first appointment was the first week of December, which is similar to what the dealer…
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Bradley Fork And a Leaking Fresh Water Tank
Saturday, September 25, 2021 50 deg at 3:00 AM Batteries at 79%, 82% last night (There are no hookups in GSMNP) It’s been sunny every day, but sun only hits the panels from 2:30-4:00. The rest of the day I’m getting 1.5A. Takes 10A to run the furnace in the morning set at 58 deg.…
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Errands in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Friday, September 24, 2021 47° at 3:00AM As I lay in bed, slowly waking up, I thought it unlikely the fresh water tank was leaking in two places, although possible with all the bumps and jolts I give it driving rough highways at 70 mph. At Highland Haven, I had trouble closing the drain cock…
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Collins Creek and Bradley Fork
Thursday, September 23, 2021 47 degrees at 6:00 Batteries at 85% After the heavy rains Bradley Fork was up, running hard and brown. My guide is The Ultimate Guide to Fly-Fishing The Great Smoky Mountains by Don Kirk and Greg Ward. It’s a good book, woven with stories to keep it interesting. In this watershed…
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Driving to The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 It’s a 7-8-hour drive to the Smokies from Charlottesville, depending on how you go and where you are going, but Martha wanted me to break it up, so I booked a night in Highland Haven Campground outside Roanoke. I went down 29, which is pleasant enough. You just have to be…