Fontana is a haul

So I went out to the trailhead at Fontana yesterday and hiked 10 miles of the trail (five up, five back) I'm glad that we are coming down that way not going up. It was a climb and a half. The cabins look pretty nice and will look a lot nicer when we are eight days on a trail. The last two miles of the trip is on a road, but we cross Fontana dam on foot which is pretty spectaclar. I was really impressed with the place, though t was nearly two hours drive from Asheville. Anyway, we're almost there.