Our last day was upon us as we still had to trek up two mountains..Sassafras and Pinnacle. These provided the best views of the trail, though, with the promise of a long shower and comfy bed by day's end. Let's do this!
We were joined by three more hikers for our final day who met us at the parking lot to ascend Sassafras, the highest point in SC. It was tough. Of course, the entire trail had been tough, so this was the norm. Flat or little incline areas like this allowed us to catch our breath.
Just shy of the summit is a great viewing area. We had to take a quick selfie! It's hard to believe that that tall peak in the far distance is where we were the previous morning.
Sassafras Mountain is the dividing line between NC and SC. They had a cool marker at the top!
The summit also had 360⁰ of gorgeous views!
It was too early for lunch, but we made it the longest snack break ever. The porta potty here was also super nice! 😄
As we headed down, it was another 5 miles to the next big ascent of Pinnacle Mtn. But once there, the views were equally amazing! In the far distance we saw Table rock (the white rock exposed on the mountain side to the left). Almost done!
My family was supposed to pick me up at 3pm, but instead, they met us on the trail! So happy to see them! Wow, they smelled nice.
There's a quarterly newsletter in the area called the Jocassee Journal, and the editor wanted us to do a story about our hike. I was elected to be the group's scribe and draft the piece. When it's published, I'll post a link to that here.
