Date: 2012-04-18
From: Low Gap

To: Tray Mtn
Miles today: 15.4
Weather: light rain

Vis naktel pyl lietus. Ir taip be perstojo. Vien bd turiu su palapine. Nuo kvpavimo susidaro kondensatas, kuris lietui barbenant stog, pur¡kia ant mans ir vis3 daikt3 esani3 palapinje.  Bandysime rasti ¡itam vaist3. Taiau vienas dalykas b«ti nakt  palapinje, kitas dalykas lietui pliaupiant yra susidti daiktus   kuprin ir palikti stovyklaviet. Palikau laikinai tu¡i palapin ir susims daiktiukus nusine¡iau juos po netoliese stovinio ¡elterio stogu. Visi haikeriai esantys ¡elteryje dar miegojo, tai a¡, kaip galint tyliau, susidjau savo kuprin, prarijau kelet ¢pirnik3¢ po to, gr 34es prie palapins, j irgi susidjau ir per liet3 patraukiau toliau.U34ksti stojau tik Blue Mtn ¡elteryje. Jame jau buvo vienas haikeris su ¡uneliu. Guljo haikeris miegmai¡yje ¢ ir juokingas vaizdas ¢ ¡unelis vis stengsi  sigauti vidun. Bet pus ¡unies vis likdavo i¡orje. Ir taip kelis kartus. Tray Mtn pasiekiau beveik prie¡ sutemstant. Visas keli ejau beveik debesyje. Tai r«kas, tai lietus, tai vl r«kas... ia jau buvo vienas keistuolis vardu Base Line.  iek tiek pana¡us   34mog3 be nam3. I¡ prad34i3 jis ¡iek tiek rezervuotai 34i«rjo   mane, bet po keliolikos minui3 pra¡neko ir papasakojo apie save. Mgsta jis vai¡ioti takais, kurie nra tokie 34inomi. Mgsta u34sukti   buvusias ir dabar nebeegzistuojanias gyvenvietes, kuriose, kaip jis sako, galima atrasti senovini3 buteli3, monet3. Tokia koloritin asmenyb jis man pasirod. 12ino vaistinius augalus, 34ino vietas kur auga laukinis 34en¡enis. Jis turi licensij j  rinkti. 12ino kur galima rasti akmeninius strli3 angalius buvusiose indn3 gyvenvietse. Labai ¡auniai su juo pasi¡nekjome. O kai kalba nukrypo Smok3 link, tai ir visai  domu pasidar. Nes tiek jis tiek a¡ puikiai pa34 stami su Great Smoky Mountain National Park todl ir greitai radome bendr kalb.Greitai ¡elteris prigu34jo jaunimo, tarp kurio buvo ir viena jauna mergika, kuri pakrik¡tijau ¢ Little Bird. Tokia ji man ma34ut ir su¡lapusi pasirod kai atjo   ¡elter .Aplamai pamus, nors oras ¡iandien nelepino, buvo linksma ir smagu.---|---All night the rain poured and did it continuously. One trouble I have with the tent. The rain pounded on roof, and condensation from breathing spray fell on me and on the all stuff in the tent. We will try to find the adequate solution. However, one thing is to be in the tent at night; the other thing is to leave the camp in pouring rain. All hikers in shelter still asleep, so I, quietly folded everything in the backpack, swallowed some cookies and shortly found myself walking in the rain.I stopped for the snack at Blue Mtn shelter. Here already was one hiker with the dog. Hiker lay in the sleeping bag - and a funny picture - puppy ever tried to penetrate inside. However, half of dogs still remained outside, and so a few times.Tray Mtn nearly reached before dark. I walked almost all the way in the cloud. The fog, the rain, and the fog again ... There was already one weirdo - Base Line, a bit like a man without a home. At first, he looked at me with reserve, but after several minutes, he began to speak and later told about himself. He likes to walk the paths that are not as well-known. He likes to visit the past and now extinct settlements, which, as he says, you can find antique bottles, coins. He seemed to me the very colorful person. He knows medicinal plants, know the places where growing wild ginseng. Know where can find a stone arrow in former Indian settlements. It was very cool to chat with him. Conversation turned toward the Smokes, and we quickly found a common language, because we both know well the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.Quickly shelter filled up with youth. Among them was one young girl, and I gave her trail name - Little Bird. She accepted, and seems to me was quite happy with it.Roughly speaking, even though the weather today was not a treat, it was fun and funny.