Today's picture is from a backpacking trip in 2003 at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Halfway down the trail, you come to an old moonshiners' village called Hensley Settlement, strategically placed on the border between Kentucky and Virginia. We count this trip as one of our high adventure treks, though actually it was just a shakedown that year for our trip to Yellowstone, where we backpacked across the central caldera. Deanne did all this mountain backpacking just a year and a half after a total hip replacement.
When we got married, Deanne knew absolutely nothing about camping, and refused to learn. When our teen-aged daughter wanted to go to Philmont, though, Deanne got in shape and learned the skills. I don't know anyone I trust more as a co-leader in the backcountry. She's even hinting that she wants to do a little more 'packing.
Deanne at Hensley Settlement
Cumberland Gap N.H.P., 2003