They don't have the part I need at Buddy Gregg Motor Homes to perform the recall, so Dorcas and I have decided to head into the Cataloochee Valley on the eastern edge of the GSMNP. I have not camped there in about 20 years and Dorcas has never camped there. We did do a backpacking trip originating there many years ago, but weren't able to see the resident elk or see much of the historic features in the valley. The Cataloochee area has some nice hiking trails. There is good biking along the roads, and has many historic structures. It also has some nice fishing streams, but I haven't packed any tackle. (Note to self: pack fishing tackle.) The road into Cataloochee is largely unpaved and there are some steep and curvy sections, but we should have no serious problems. We will enter from the west via Big Creek area. That route is the shortest from our current location, but it involves more miles of secondary roads, although, those secondary roads are probably less rugged than the approach from the east.
We will have no phone service and no internet, and therefor will be incommunicado with the outside world while in the valley. We also will have no hook-ups, although that is no problem for us. We will stay until about Saturday or Sunday .... unless we decide to pack up and go somewhere else. If the temperature gets to hot there, we might move up onto the Blue Ridge Parkway. Mt. Pisgah maybe?
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