Early April Sightings

[Chaco Taco]

Hiked South from Devils fork Gap to Hot Springs yesterday and today, saw a whole bunch of thru's and one SOBO (Ole yeller) finishing at Roan.
Here are some names, cant remember all of em.

Topp (from Scotland)
2 really fast Brits (didnt get there names)
Wazy
Diamond Diggs
Uncle ?????
Young One ( I believe he is on here)
Little Dipper
2 other guys that didnt really know what I was talking about when i said Trailnames but they said they were thruing.
Ran into an old hiker that was a good guy name Walker Kentucky Ranger and Sheetmetal, Walker knows these mountains!!!!
there were a slew of females this morning, i also saw that Indywalker was just a half day ahead. Ran into Sofa king for a second but didnt realize it was him til i got to the shelter and saw he had signed the book.
Same stories from the Smokies from all of em, it sucked.


So yea, talked to Wayne at Bluff Mtn and the traffic is up and down right now.

[tndrfoot]

just done some trail magic today on the beauty spot outside of ERWIN fed prob 10 or 11 people hot dogs, french fries, home made cup cakes and drinks. met a couple of people that i hiked with in GA i left springer feb 27 and hiked to hiawassee took a weeks vacation. it was so cool to feed people i hiked with 6 weeks ago and seeing everyone was great me and my family had a blast doing it. will post some pics when get downloaded. TENDERFOOT.

[tndrfoot]

trail magic

[johnnybgood]

Kudos to you tndrfoot,this is what trail magic should be like. Looks like you had perfect weather with tons of .

[mmais68569]

Chaco Taco
You mentioned Little Dipper was that a female about 27-28 years old?

Thanks Mike

[dmax]

Glad to see that the gate is open...

[sasquatch2014]

Is this the same Sofaking as in 08?

[Chaco Taco]

Is this the same Sofaking as in 08?

Could be. He was walking north to Camp Creek and i was headed south. He had just signed the reg at the shelter. Skinny guy, few tattoos,

[Chaco Taco]

Chaco Taco
You mentioned Little Dipper was that a female about 27-28 years old?

Thanks Mike

PM sent...........

[Jeff]

Could be. He was walking north to Camp Creek and i was headed south. He had just signed the reg at the shelter. Skinny guy, few tattoos,

Sofaking of '08 was definitely not skinny!!!!

[Chaco Taco]

Sofaking of '08 was definitely not skinny!!!!

Then i guess it isnt the same SofaKing.

[sasquatch2014]

Could be. He was walking north to Camp Creek and i was headed south. He had just signed the reg at the shelter. Skinny guy, few tattoos,

Did he sign with a symbol like a crown near his name?

does this look like him?

[drifters quest]

Hey Chaco Taco, saw you coming out of hot springs. I had the little border collie and went by the name Cowgirl

[dmax]

Did some trailmagic up at Beauty Spot today. Sofa King was there along with about 30 other hikers. They all enjoyed themselves. Had Brats, Kabobs, and grilled shrimp with some sides for dessert. Good times were enjoyed by all!

[Sweetpea-NC]

Did some trail magic at Neels Gap on Easter weekend and met lots of thru hikers, Melissa Stylos, Lawdog, the girls from Montana, and many more. On Monday hiked for 3 1/2 days from Dicks Creek to Franklin and met Nemo from Vancouver, Marty, Mike, Zeus, Peaches, 6 toes and his cousin from VMI and many, many more. They were so happy to make it into NC. Then I flipped it and hiked from Springer to Woody Gap and met a whole new crop of thru's. Fields, Jeff form MI, a couple of guys from Brooklyn, a 2006 thru hiker named knockknock that saved my trek poles (THANK YOU knockknock! long story). He was out leading a group from UGA for a section hike. Good luck to all of thru's and their hikes this year!