{"id":1903,"date":"2019-05-14T23:02:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T23:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/?p=1903"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:35:12","slug":"mile-1895-tn-nc-may-11-tentsite-to-tentsite-near-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/mile-1895-tn-nc-may-11-tentsite-to-tentsite-near-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Tentsite to Tentsite near Spring, 26 mi (AT 1895)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May 11th, 2019, Tennessee and North Carolina<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I got on trail today about 7:15 and it was already raining. The forecast calls for at least the next two days of rain. Thankfully the temperatures should stay in a comfortable range, day and night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/FA7E0881-1CCE-48E3-A609-0A03281206FA-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/FA7E0881-1CCE-48E3-A609-0A03281206FA-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/FA7E0881-1CCE-48E3-A609-0A03281206FA-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/FA7E0881-1CCE-48E3-A609-0A03281206FA-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the morning I came across a sign for a trail crew working ahead. There was no one working this weekend, probably because of the weather. But their work area was in progress. They were putting in some terraced steps in an eroded part of the trail.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/432A07DF-B00E-4F8A-BCEE-531D08E480A6-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1905\" data-link=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/?attachment_id=1905\" class=\"wp-image-1905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/432A07DF-B00E-4F8A-BCEE-531D08E480A6-1024x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/432A07DF-B00E-4F8A-BCEE-531D08E480A6-300x225.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/432A07DF-B00E-4F8A-BCEE-531D08E480A6-768x576.jpeg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/647595AC-AFCB-42E7-941E-787ED62F7C74-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1906\" data-link=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/?attachment_id=1906\" class=\"wp-image-1906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/647595AC-AFCB-42E7-941E-787ED62F7C74-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/647595AC-AFCB-42E7-941E-787ED62F7C74-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/647595AC-AFCB-42E7-941E-787ED62F7C74-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/647595AC-AFCB-42E7-941E-787ED62F7C74-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D2ABF380-9F20-46CB-A0E8-2F4E009605C8-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D2ABF380-9F20-46CB-A0E8-2F4E009605C8-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D2ABF380-9F20-46CB-A0E8-2F4E009605C8-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D2ABF380-9F20-46CB-A0E8-2F4E009605C8-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D2ABF380-9F20-46CB-A0E8-2F4E009605C8-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, in the afternoon I saw a sign for \u201cShelton Graves\u201d and decided to take the side trail over to see what was there.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DFA915AE-2AA1-4EA6-ABB5-FE01EE9A4FBA-1024x896.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DFA915AE-2AA1-4EA6-ABB5-FE01EE9A4FBA-1024x896.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DFA915AE-2AA1-4EA6-ABB5-FE01EE9A4FBA-300x263.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DFA915AE-2AA1-4EA6-ABB5-FE01EE9A4FBA-768x672.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My maternal grandmother told me years ago that we were related to some Sheltons in North Carolina. I only saw two Shelton gravestones. They weren\u2019t dated but looked like perhaps World War I era.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/0C2470C3-8CED-4E90-BBD2-A2C130B2648C-971x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/0C2470C3-8CED-4E90-BBD2-A2C130B2648C-971x1024.jpeg 971w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/0C2470C3-8CED-4E90-BBD2-A2C130B2648C-284x300.jpeg 284w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/0C2470C3-8CED-4E90-BBD2-A2C130B2648C-768x810.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/0C2470C3-8CED-4E90-BBD2-A2C130B2648C.jpeg 1941w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/630087A9-2AE6-4890-86AB-80847828C569-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/630087A9-2AE6-4890-86AB-80847828C569-1024x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/630087A9-2AE6-4890-86AB-80847828C569-300x225.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/630087A9-2AE6-4890-86AB-80847828C569-768x576.jpeg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And It was raining so it was hard to see or hear things moving around. So I surprised a big tom turkey up there. I usually only see the females when they fly away from me, having seen me first.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I climbed the unusually named \u201cBig Butt Mountain.\u201d It wasn\u2019t nearly as interesting as its name, especially in the rain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"987\" src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/7DCFA732-78DF-4964-BAD0-D66E053B9593-1024x987.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/7DCFA732-78DF-4964-BAD0-D66E053B9593-1024x987.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/7DCFA732-78DF-4964-BAD0-D66E053B9593-300x289.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/7DCFA732-78DF-4964-BAD0-D66E053B9593-768x740.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/7DCFA732-78DF-4964-BAD0-D66E053B9593.jpeg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, on the other side of the mountain was Jerry\u2019s Cabin Shelter. It was still raining so I just stopped in to check my phone out of the rain. It was 3pm and the shelter was full of northbound hikers with a fire going and a guitarist playing away.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/B0F3FBE8-E6FE-48B2-8924-E9579F9992E3-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/B0F3FBE8-E6FE-48B2-8924-E9579F9992E3-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/B0F3FBE8-E6FE-48B2-8924-E9579F9992E3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/B0F3FBE8-E6FE-48B2-8924-E9579F9992E3-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"480\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 480 \/ 480;\" width=\"480\" controls src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/videos-720p\/23199FE4-F1FA-46D8-A803-FFDCAF1CDD27.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I continued on from there and the rain stopped for the rest of the afternoon. I arrived my goal for the afternoon: a tentsite with water source in a nice wind-protected spot. Three more hikers eventually showed up at this spot and set up as well. But it was late and I was already settled down so I didn\u2019t get a chance to say hi.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 11th, 2019, Tennessee and North Carolina I got on trail today about 7:15 and it was already raining. The forecast calls for at least the next two days of rain. Thankfully the temperatures should stay in a comfortable range, day and night.&nbsp; During the morning I came across a sign for a trail crew &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/mile-1895-tn-nc-may-11-tentsite-to-tentsite-near-spring\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tentsite to Tentsite near Spring, 26 mi (AT 1895)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-appalachian-trail-sobo-2018-19","category-hiking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1903"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2335,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903\/revisions\/2335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}