August Annual Outing
Date: Saturday - Sunday, 18-19 August 2018
Location: Balsam Mountain, North Carolina
Trails: (see below)
Members: Bart, Kirk The annual August outing to Balsam Mountain of the Sipsey
Wilderness Hiking Club was scheduled for the week-end of August 18th
and 19th of 2018. Participants began arriving as early as Wednesday with everyone getting
there by Thursday afternoon. Those
involved were Dewayne, Pam, Tasha, Charlie, Dave, Robbie, Rachel, Blaze,
Tyburt, Bart, Gary and Charlie(the dog). Those arriving on Wednesday set up camp and then went to the Pisgah
National Forest and did an overnight backpacking trip. Thursday was pretty much visiting and setting
up our glamp with the highlight being Pam and Tasha’s foray to the store using
a GPS that apparently did not know the difference between a paved road and a
dirt trail. On Friday we went our
separate ways with some hiking and others going on driving tours with an
evening meal of steak and sides for everyone with rain moving in that
night. The rain continued intermittently
through most of Saturday with some of the group finally venturing out to hike
the flat creek trail. Saturday evening
the rain stopped and we had joint supper consisting of dishes created by
several of the group and shared by all including some visiting campers with
musical entertainment afterwards by Dewayne. Sunday dawned cloudy but rain free allowing all to lod up their wet gear
for a safe ride home.
Submitted by WHITEMAN
Photos by BART
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