The view when not in the rain.
The view when in the rain.
The shelter I managed to get to before the sky opened up.
This little river is the trail from the shelter to the privy.
Weather and trail conditions have conspired to give me a fairly easy run from Franklin to the Nantahala Outdoor Center, or the NOC. Knowing the weather was going bad I rushed to the shelter, beating out a couple older ladies so I didn’t have to set up in the rain. It’s a survival thing. We can divvie up their food if they don’t make it. Calories are calories.
The walk from the shelter down into the NOC was a six mile, sometimes rugged downhill run. With some views that show what it’s all about.
Ed's and Lise's Biggish Years 
Great stuff, Ed. Hope you didn’t get washed away in the stream on the way to the privvy.
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