Any one who hikes often, reads backpacker magazine, or has been on the trail this season knows that Appalachian Trail Days is the party to attend. This is a festival hosted by the city of Damascus, VA that welcomes hikers and vendors to enjoy the outdoors and adventure stories for an entire weekend. Vendoirs set up as well as tenters throughout the town. An area known as "tent city" is set up as a base camp, and a vendor area is set up downtown. Weary hikers can set up and then explore to find hair cuts, medical exams, foot exams, even pet exams, free food, sales of the season, and lots of giveaways.
So, finally, we have arrived... and so has the rain. The rain will not rain on our parade. Well, literally it might, but we will enjoy walking in this rain as long as it isn't cold and we can dry out afterwards.
The Great Smoky Mountains have been an adventure. And Gatlinburg was truely a tourist trap! As all hikers have said, and many have ignored... hikers; do not enter Gatlinburg. The chances that you will never leave, or leave broke are extremly high.
But now that we have a weekend with some signal and places to charge our phones, multiple updates are soon to appear. Stay tuned! But for now, I am going to snag some free food and maybe some free booty.
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