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The Trail, Steps, Mts., TOP, The Forgotten, and Railroad Tie Nails

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Well, I did something I never thought I would be doing, something I  never really gave a lot of thought to at all. I walked the Appalachian  Trail.    Oops, I might hve not told that last statement correctly, I walked a MILE of the trail. Yep, just a mile, but look at me,  A MILE, UP HILL and  DOWN HILL. On each side of the top of the trail, there were steps, steep steps at times. So steep that stepping down to the other was a challenge for  this short lady! But man was it pretty at the  very, tippy top of Max Patch NC. When I say very TOP, I mean I was   approximately 4,626–4,629  feet (1,410–1,411 meters) above sea level. Beautiful. Look at the view, and that is why they call them the  Blue Ridge Mts. I was not alone in my trip to  the top,  my sil, Lori was with me. Ray's allergies were messing with him so, he stayed in the car and napped. This is mine and Lori's  prove we were there. Got a tad windy for a min...