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GA to TN

 I think I was the first person up in this campground.  We had breakfast and Joe cleaned the windshield and used Rain-x; we were expecting rain in the future.  We wanted to head north, and the best way was to first head west into Alabama and then cross back over the river in Columbus GA.  We took a quick drive through the city and checked out some beautiful restored homes in the historic district on the south end of town.  Not a very exciting day, we drove through some crappy traffic around Atlanta.  Just outside of Buford GA we stopped and got some great bbq that we ate in the parking lot of a gas station.  


We had a few places in mind that we were possibly headed, but the rain made it easier to just keep driving towards home. Eventually we decided we’d go to Smoky Mountain NP and spend the night and then spent the next day hiking.  We got to the park just after 3pm and saw so many elk on our way in.  


We got a site at Smokemont campground at the south end of the park.  There is a hiking trail that starts at the end of the campground and we hiked along the river for a few hours.  We didn’t have any internet or maps, so didn’t want to stray too far off the main trail.  I was so happy to be here, this is one of my favorite places. 


It got cold pretty quick after the sun went down and we didn’t pick up any firewood.  We ate leftovers. I sat inside and read while Joe sat outside until it started raining. It was an early night. Some super loud and intense rain woke me up around 4am.




Day 13 / Mar 2

Thursday

BBQ

$28.00

Odometer trip start

293762

Fuel

$65.53

Odometer day start

295595

Campsite

$30.00

Odometer end

295917



Daily miles

322

Daily total

$123.53

Total miles

2155

Trip total

$1,458.79

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