Springer Mountain not feeling like Spring

[ChucksOrangeDream]

Daddy Daughter fall trip
Fun Friday night camp with my daughter. Well, it was a cold Friday night and very cold Saturday morning.
She got a new backpack for her birthday, so we set out to use it. No better place to go than the start of the AT. She is really loving this hammock camping thing and enjoys the adventures. I must admit that the cold wind last night slowed her down a bit, but it was an overall fun adventure!
We did stay warm sleeping with good underquilts and sleeping bags, making it hard to crawl out of the hammocks this morning.
By the way, for the Springer rookies (like me), the shelter for Springer is actually not to far from the summit, not a mile past and at the bottom of the mountain.

[Afterparty]

That's awesome!!! my parents are in the smokies and saw snow on on of them today. So I would guess it was chilly at the terminus. Wish my parents would a done things like this with me. Lucky kid !!!

[johnspenn]

Good pn you, getting your daughter out in the wilds and spending time with her! I bet the view from Springer is getting pretty nice right about now. What kind of pack did you get her?

Thanks for sharing!

[ChucksOrangeDream]

That's awesome!!! my parents are in the smokies and saw snow on on of them today. So I would guess it was chilly at the terminus. Wish my parents would a done things like this with me. Lucky kid !!!

I bet they did see snow! This cold front brought the first real taste of fall in the south.


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[ChucksOrangeDream]

Good pn you, getting your daughter out in the wilds and spending time with her! I bet the view from Springer is getting pretty nice right about now. What kind of pack did you get her?

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks. She got an Osprey. Mira AG 34
Maybe a bit much for a young one, but I hope I've got her hooked.


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