{"id":1893,"date":"2019-05-13T08:02:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T08:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/?p=1893"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:35:12","slug":"mile-1868-8-tn-nc-may-10-uncle-johnnys-hostel-to-tentsite-near-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/mile-1868-8-tn-nc-may-10-uncle-johnnys-hostel-to-tentsite-near-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncle Johnny\u2019s Hostel to Tentsite near Spring, 21 mi (AT 1868.8)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May 10th, 2019, Tennessee and North Carolina<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tony and Cathy introduced me to a traditional German breakfast called \u201cknipp.\u201d Cathy is of German heritage on both sides of her family and grew up with this. She told me it\u2019s made from pork and whole oats and sort of has the consistency of breakfast sausage. So, both mornings I departed their place, I went out fueled up with knipp. Today we had coffee and knipp in their sunroom and it made me want to stay a little longer. Oh, and I\u2019m sold on the knipp thing and may try playing around with the idea once I get home…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cathy returned me to Uncle Johnny\u2019s Hostel and I dropped of some of my excess food in the hiker box. I had taken some snacks from there yesterday and today I left a bunch of oatmeal packets and a couple protein bars I didn\u2019t need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I headed uphill and almost immediately was treated to several beautiful views of the river valley below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also started passing people right away heading to town. It was like salmon spawning and I hadn\u2019t gotten the memo. I must have passed 30 people by 3pm, most trying to hurry toward town before the rain this weekend. The forecast calls for heavy rain and possible thunderstorms both tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday with rain tapering off Monday morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mid afternoon the trail emerged onto another grassy pasture below Big Bald Mountain. True to its name, Big Bald was completely that. The trail went up the mountain and straight to the top with 360 degree views of mountains in every direction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n