The Observation Of Pigeon Refugee

By my accounting, it would take us about 8 hours to reach our destination, so our plan was to be on the trail by no later than 11 AM, which would give us sufficient time to comfortably hike the ten miles to campsite 98, set up our equipment and have a meal well before nightfall. Since the hike did not include any major elevation changes, I felt that this was more than sufficient time, even allowing for a minor setback or two, and a general slowdown because of the extra effort to carry the backpacks. As was so typical when hiking or traveling with my daughter, we were still packing our packs in our motel room in Pigeon Forge at 11 AM.