2005 Camping Trips
Sipsey Wilderness Area
Great Smoky Mountain National Park

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May 2005, Sipsey Wilderness Area

Remote campsite #2, Sipsey Wilderness Area
Allison and Bear at campsite #2
Campsite along Thompson Creek

May 2005, Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Rodney and Allison leaving Newfound Gap (Day 1: 3.0 miles to Icewater Springs Shelter)
Rodney resting at hike to Icewater Springs Shelter
Rodney resting
Allison hiking to Icewater Springs
Rodney resting (again)
Rodney resting
Shelter #1: Icewater Springs
View from Shelter across valley
Campers sitting around the campfire
View from Shelter
Day 2: Hiking to Peck's Corner (7.9 miles to shelter)
Rodney resting (again!)
Rodney resting
Group at Peck's Corner shelter
Group at Peck's Corner shelter
Packs hanging inside shelter
Day 3: Hiking to Tricorner Knob (5.7 miles to shelter)
Allison beside giant downed tree
Allison hiking on a cold day
Allison in a fog
Dark sky over the valley
Cold day at Tricorner Knob shelter (Allison wearing all of the clothes that she had packed)
Day 4: Hiking out (17.5 miles, after a 35 degree night!)
Allison in a fog (again)
Clouds over the valley
Allison on the trail
Rodney at overlook
Blooming rhododendron
View of the valley
Allison crossing tree (that had fallen across the trail)