Running Away From Home To the Mountains of East Tennessee

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IT'S BEEN A VERY MILD WINTER HERE IN TENNESSEE as in much of the country.  So I decided while the weather holds, it's a good time to get a little hike in with some of East Tennessee's regular, veteran hikers. So I've run over to the Eastern time zone in time to fall into bed and get up at the crack of dawn Friday to meet other hikers.

It's beautiful here in every season and I can't wait to get a good uphill climb in. Forecast calls for sun all day, then clouds and rain Friday night.