This is a late post for my long hike of last Sunday. Lesson's learned...don't put off the long hike till 4 p.m. on Sunday. I ended up chunking it into two treadmill bursts (to be fair the weather was on/off all weekend and threatening storms).

Chunk One - miles 0-5:
The first half of the 'hike'. Odd, 1989, overly dramatic with an earlier Colin Firth performance. probably sounded good on the page.

Chunk Two - miles 5-10:
UGH
At least the sound effects were entertaining. not through it yet, because it is CRAzy long. it has that typical Michael Bay touch - editing you can't follow but noise loud enough that it forces your eyes to *think* that you are seeing cohesive action.

But the great hike was today at The Smokies....


This is the path in on my 7 mile hike.



This log bridge entry to the trail system was the narrowest bridge over all the stream crossings. The view was GREEN. I hiked the oddly named Boogerman Trail. Nice big tree and me.

On the way in there was a little field of daisies.




There was no mental beginning-middle-end to this hike. The up was hard, but it was overcast and dripping and PERFECT for hiking. The smells were gorgeous, there were ruins and rocks and the only bad thing was that I wore the wrong pair of shoes. This is why I'm here.