I think the long drive to Mt Sterling trailhead deterred some folks. It was a small but wonderful group. The hike started up hill but sone we reached the highest elevation of the day and headed down. A wide variety of flowers made their presence today.
I recalled the abundance of Trillium grandiflorum on this trail. It's still there. Sometimes as far as you could see, it was white trillium poking out above the green undergrowth.
Toward the end of Long Bunk Trail, Painted Trillium made an appearance. Some it was everywhere.
Once on Little Cataloochee Trail, very showy Showy Orchis grew trailside. The final mile is on an old drivable road. There is a cemetery that is open once a year to those who have family buried there.
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