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slept by trail about 2 miles short of Cherry Tree shelter --------------------------------- Oct. 5. Cold, clear night. Started at sunrise, passed Cherry Tree shelter Good trail & marking past Straight Branch Shelter to Sandy Flats Shelter. Met F.S. man Decker there & talked. Climbed to Feathercamp Tower for pic of Mt. Rodgers & White Top. Good trail to Damascus, got food supplies, talked to member of Mt. RATC, continued over good trail till dark and by moonlight to shelter in Tennessee. Weather clear. ------------------------------------- Oct 6 - Cool night. Good trail & marking past firetower, Bristol road, talked to hunters. Continued over good trail past several shelters, sky clouding over. Crossed valley on road, reached shelter overlooking Watauga backwater after dark, got water from far down. Started raining, view of town below.