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Originally Posted by IndianaHiker  Thought I would throw this out to you all and see what suggestions come back. Looking at my recent check stub I realized that I have 10 day so vacation that I have to use or loose by Thanksgiving. Thinking that I need to do a backpacking trip. Looking to do this in Sept. or Oct. after the weather cools a bit.
What I am asking you all is for suggestion on where to go. Would like to keep within a days drive 8 to 10 hours of Southern Indiana. Thinking of doing a section of the AT but opening for suggestion for what sections or other ideas. As it stands now local hiking buddies are looking like a no go so this maybe a solo trip. However after chatting with many of you here wondering of any of you would like to meet up and head out for a few days. Not sure if the AT is the best place but was thinking of it as I kind of like the idea of being able to hit a town to resupply instead of packing a weeks worth of food. After all this is a vacation not work.
So any ideas or anyone interested in going. Might be fun to get out with some of the people here that chat together all the time. |
Check out the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area right on the KY/TN border. There is a 6 mile loop hike called the Honey Creek Loop that is one of the most entertaining hikes in the Southeast. It has it all, amazing rock formations, stream crossings, boulder scrambling, old growth forests. It is a fairly technical and strenuous hike, but there is so many cool things to keep you entertained that you really don't notice just how strenuous it is. Unlike most of the hikes in the Smokies, there are not many sections of the trail with relentless gradient to climb, just a lot of short, steep, technical ups and downs over some sketchy terrain. You could do the Honey Creek loop as a day hike, and the knock off a section of the John Muir trail that runs through the NRRA.
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