Hermanand Listees:  Try landing at the Nantahala Outdoor Center west of
Bryson City NC.  There's a nice campground a couple miles up the road from
thee.  App. trail crosses at the metal bridge over the Nantahala River.
Absolute Mecca for hikers/mtn. bikers and paddlers.  D o not miss eating at
Reilia's Garden up the hill and engulf mass quantities of their herb bread.
Try  www.noc.com  or search the full name for their website.  They are
employee owned and you may be tempted to take a raft trip down the
relatively innocous Nantahala River while there.  Website should have the
private campground name.  There's Tsali(usfs) on over towards the lake, but
the private cg is within 2 miles of the trail and you could do an out an
back either eastbound or westbound(really north or south I guess) and save
shuttling costs.  I need to get back there again.  Highway 19 out of the
Murphy/ Andrews
-----Original Message-----
From: HERMANN DE BOER <hdeboer@BSSD.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 10:37 AM
Subject: appalachian trail hiking (no vanagon content)

>Friends!
>
>Do any of you listmembers live close to the Appalachian Trail in Georgia,
>North Carolina. I want to hike there three weeks in June, Springer Mountain
>to the Smokies, and need a place for my Westy and maybe a ride to and from
>the trail?
>
>Thanks,
>Happy Holidays
>Hermann the German
>87 Westy GL 2.0l Eurospec Conversion