{"id":2003,"date":"2019-05-25T23:09:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T23:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/?p=2003"},"modified":"2022-05-14T16:00:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T20:00:16","slug":"mile-2074-4-nc-may-20-sassafras-gap-shelter-to-wine-spring-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/?p=2003","title":{"rendered":"Sassafras Gap Shelter to Wine Spring Camp, 26.2 mi (AT 2074.4)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May 20th, North Carolina<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The birds woke me up as it was getting light this morning, right around 6am. This has been a fairly reliable alarm: enthusiastic bird sounds and early morning light. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2637B1F2-7C84-40AC-829A-6F08FD1C5CFD.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/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\/BE0B38C6-F9BB-4180-B103-0F8343AF9B36-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BE0B38C6-F9BB-4180-B103-0F8343AF9B36-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BE0B38C6-F9BB-4180-B103-0F8343AF9B36-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BE0B38C6-F9BB-4180-B103-0F8343AF9B36-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had a 6-mile hike down to the Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC) for resupply before continuing on for the next several days.\u00a0<\/p>\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\/0C824EA9-81B5-4F54-8D2F-3284D2135638-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/0C824EA9-81B5-4F54-8D2F-3284D2135638-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/0C824EA9-81B5-4F54-8D2F-3284D2135638-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/0C824EA9-81B5-4F54-8D2F-3284D2135638-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/0C824EA9-81B5-4F54-8D2F-3284D2135638-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\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\/82F3E761-3611-4CA8-8360-6E889440899F-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/82F3E761-3611-4CA8-8360-6E889440899F-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/82F3E761-3611-4CA8-8360-6E889440899F-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/82F3E761-3611-4CA8-8360-6E889440899F-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/82F3E761-3611-4CA8-8360-6E889440899F-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trail downhill was awash in blooming mountain laurel. Amazing!<\/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\/10239F6E-2753-4FA1-B878-0B927E255148-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10239F6E-2753-4FA1-B878-0B927E255148-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10239F6E-2753-4FA1-B878-0B927E255148-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10239F6E-2753-4FA1-B878-0B927E255148-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0I arrived to the NOC just after 9am. The trail crossed a bridge right in the middle of the complex. Unfortunately, the restaurants didn&#8217;t open until 11am so I just went to the General Store where I charged my phone and organized myself for the next several days. There was a limited supply of things I wanted, but I made do with what they had. I also bought a couple things to eat right away so I could start again on a full stomach.<\/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\/16114321-60B4-4F80-A4DA-4AE7E03C2BA3-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/16114321-60B4-4F80-A4DA-4AE7E03C2BA3-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/16114321-60B4-4F80-A4DA-4AE7E03C2BA3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/16114321-60B4-4F80-A4DA-4AE7E03C2BA3-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/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\/CEEEB67A-FF17-4F1B-B20F-D81935D1C5B4-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CEEEB67A-FF17-4F1B-B20F-D81935D1C5B4-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CEEEB67A-FF17-4F1B-B20F-D81935D1C5B4-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CEEEB67A-FF17-4F1B-B20F-D81935D1C5B4-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a nice afternoon and the trail ascended to a series of \u201cbalds,\u201d most of which were bald in name only. The final one, Wayah Bald, had a beautiful stone lookout tower with views in every direction.\u00a0<\/p>\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\/B7919B2F-692C-429C-B363-ABCD7B149DAF-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/B7919B2F-692C-429C-B363-ABCD7B149DAF-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/B7919B2F-692C-429C-B363-ABCD7B149DAF-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/B7919B2F-692C-429C-B363-ABCD7B149DAF-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/B7919B2F-692C-429C-B363-ABCD7B149DAF-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a couple more miles I arrived to a nice little tentsite with spring. Again, I was the only one there. The bulk of the northbound hikers are well past me now. I still see a few per day, plus section hikers, but nothing like several weeks ago where dozens of NOBO thru hikers crossed paths with me daily. It seems I&#8217;m back to a fairly quiet hike.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 20th, North Carolina The birds woke me up as it was getting light this morning, right around 6am. This has been a fairly reliable alarm: enthusiastic bird sounds and early morning light. I had a 6-mile hike down to the Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC) for resupply before continuing on for the next several days.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/?p=2003\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sassafras Gap Shelter to Wine Spring Camp, 26.2 mi (AT 2074.4)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2003","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\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2003"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2148,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions\/2148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}