{"id":2746,"date":"2021-02-16T03:25:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T03:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/?p=2746"},"modified":"2021-02-16T03:25:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T03:25:03","slug":"old-kephart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2021\/02\/16\/old-kephart\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Kephart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2747\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210213_212416474-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210213_212416474-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210213_212416474-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210213_212416474-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s really no way that I could not lead with his photograph. I&#8217;m not going to mention the names of the individuals involved at their request.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2748\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210214_092021580-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210214_092021580-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210214_092021580-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Though the weather was quite terrible in the valley we found and cracked open a window up in the mountains. Richard and Kelsie dropped down from newfound Gap. They got their sweat heifer on. I graciously\u00a0 offeredto drive her vehicle into Carolina and come up from the bottom.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2749\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210213_164809205-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210213_164809205-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210213_164809205-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I met the flying sausage and Robert who were already there.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2751\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210213_143928128-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210213_143928128-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210213_143928128-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lots of water had come through Luftee.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2752\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210213_213749300-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210213_213749300-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210213_213749300-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210213_213749300-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our numbers were small but our fun was large.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2753\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210213_191652361-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210213_191652361-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210213_191652361-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And our fire so delightful.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve spent quite a few nights in Kephart shelter.<\/p>\n<p>Feels like a Carolina winter home.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2754\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210214_084943182-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210214_084943182-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210214_084943182-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210214_084943182-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These Young un&#8217;s are always happy to be out in the snow in the Smokies.<\/p>\n<p>So in the spirit of buck dancing and merry making let&#8217;s go to Andy Griffith and The Darlins. you true bluegrass people out there know that they are actually the Dillard&#8217;s from Missouri. They&#8217;re all dead now. But they certainly left a great legacy here with this one.<\/p>\n<p>Www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xRsjszrf8xA<\/p>\n<div class=\"kad-youtube-shortcode videofit\"  ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xRsjszrf8xA?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;fs=1&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;theme=dark&amp;rel=0&amp;loop=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s really no way that I could not lead with his photograph. I&#8217;m not going to mention the names of the individuals involved at their request. Though the weather was quite terrible in the valley we found and cracked open &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2021\/02\/16\/old-kephart\/\">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\/2746"}],"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=2746"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2757,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2746\/revisions\/2757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}