{"id":2148,"date":"2020-05-04T00:13:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T00:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/?p=2148"},"modified":"2020-05-04T13:17:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T13:17:15","slug":"mill-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2020\/05\/04\/mill-branch\/","title":{"rendered":"Mill Branch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2149 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_20200503-194434-777x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"777\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_20200503-194434-777x1024.png 777w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_20200503-194434-228x300.png 228w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_20200503-194434-768x1013.png 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_20200503-194434.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s really nice when you have a professional photographer in tow.This weekend we were fortunate to be accompanied by my friend, Seth Dortch<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2150 \" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_20200503-194202.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_20200503-194202.png 986w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_20200503-194202-300x239.png 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_20200503-194202-768x612.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s him on the right with the thumbs up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2169\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/profile-mill-branch-300x103.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/profile-mill-branch-300x103.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/profile-mill-branch-768x264.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/profile-mill-branch.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We climbed 1400 feet up Mill branch and 2.3 miles to meet Curt. It&#8217;s a nice pull in sections.Curt began his journey the day before leaving from Beech Gap. He traveled along the spine of the Fodderstack trail and camped at Crowder branch on Friday. The next morning he got up and did a gargantuan loop which brought him back up Mill Branch and\u00a0 into our company.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2151\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_20200503-194045-213x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_20200503-194045-213x300.png 213w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_20200503-194045-768x1080.png 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_20200503-194045-728x1024.png 728w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_20200503-194045.png 964w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We set about with the requisite camp chores.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2154\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200503_102352229-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200503_102352229-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200503_102352229-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200503_102352229-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200503_102352229-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200503_102352229.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s definitely got the minimalist thing going.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2155\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_195350143-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_195350143-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_195350143-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_195350143-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_195350143-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_195350143.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was one of his first East Tennessee Appalachian backpacks, I&#8217;d say he does get a thumbs up for that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2156\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_195354721-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_195354721-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_195354721-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_195354721-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_195354721-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_195354721.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rightfully tuckered.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2157 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_185745311-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_185745311-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_185745311-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_185745311-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_185745311-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_185745311.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He may have the bug and is shopping for some lightweight gear.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2158\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_124709273-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_124709273-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_124709273-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200502_124709273.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m about to overdose on Citico goodness. It has been many years since I had stayed at Mill branch. This trip was very reminiscent of the time <a href=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/Fodderstack.htm\">we ran into Tipi here<\/a>. I am still\u00a0 recovering from the 3-day epic Mark and I just completed. Expect a full report within the next week.<\/p>\n<p>Excellent outing, excellent company, excellent weather.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2160\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_20200503-200720-300x228.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_20200503-200720-300x228.png 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_20200503-200720-768x584.png 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_20200503-200720.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s end with a little concert action from two of the greatest guitar pickers of all time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vINh57IKFc8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s really nice when you have a professional photographer in tow.This weekend we were fortunate to be accompanied by my friend, Seth Dortch That&#8217;s him on the right with the thumbs up. We climbed 1400 feet up Mill branch and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2020\/05\/04\/mill-branch\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2148"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2173,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148\/revisions\/2173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}