It was my first day of Wilderness Wildlife Week and due to fresh snow and slippery road, all WWW hikes are cancelled. When that word came down, I gathered up 3 other snow vets and headed to Sugarlands in my AWD Outback. We parked at the Park Headquarters and hiked in across Rt 441. Our's were the first footsteps in the snow. We followed West Prong Little Pigeon River for about a mile and half before branching away. Lunch was at the memorial sign for the CCC camp. I wandered around a bit here and found the massive chimneys that I suspect were for the main camp building. From here we headed to Sugarlands Cemetery. While enjoying the solitude of the snowy afternoon, here came Dwight McCarter and 10 of his friends, out to do the same thing we were doing. Many of Dwight's family tree members are buried in this cemetery and Dwight commented you could hardly walk around without tripping over a McCarter.
We retraced our steps in what was now a well defined snow path. It snowed off and on and we never saw any hint of the sun. It was a most enjoyable hike.
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