In an effort to provide more evening events at Pilgrimage, this night hike is a new item. Doing a night hike requires a special venue. Walking on single track trail with rocks and roots and possibly muddy areas is problematic. The first mile of Porter's Creek is an ideal trail for this hike. It is an old gravel road which can still be used by park vehicles. We walk alongside Porters Creek, giving us a rather noisy background.
Rattlesnake fern
We walk up to the Messer barn and the old Smoky Mountain Hiking Club cabin. The cabin sits on the site of the Messer homesite. As darkness looms, we eat quickly and walk back in the dark.
One of our group remembers dances were held on the second floor of the Messer barn in the prepark era.
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