Yesterday Matt stayed at a hostel at Green Corner Rd (1937.3 miles from Katahdin, 237.3 miles from Springer) just past the Great Smoky Mountains National Park where he reconnected with Castaway. Matt discovered that one of the co-owners of the Standing Bear Farm hostel also just happens to own The Front Porch, an excellent Mexican restaurant in Cosby, NC, which is also a great venue for bluegrass music. When Matt and I visited Asheville recently, we went to The Front Porch where we saw Deja Blue play, which was great fun! It turns out that someone else who hiked on the AT last year also saw Deja Blue play at the front porch, as recounted here. I was pretty happy that we had decided to go to The Front Porch instead of going to see some of the bigger theater acts in Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge. Unfortunately, Matt hit the hostel on the wrong day of the week since the restaurant was closed that night.
Today Matt is camped at Walnut Mountain (1917.0 miles from Katahdin, 257.6 miles from Springer). He'll be in town at Hot Springs tomorrow.
4 comments:
Lisa-
Where are you getting all the classic postcards?
Zan
I was wondering the same thing.
Mom
Hey all,
I was wondering that too! I have finally come up for air. Here's a belated good wishes as you travel along. Gram and I have been reading along and are enjoying your posts. I hope the weather only improves for you here on out.
Aunt Kate and Gram
I've been getting the images from random sites on the web via google searching, actually. For example, I got some of the early NC postcards from the Macon County Historical Society. Glad you like the postcards! I don't think that Matt has been taking many photos.
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