{"id":3833,"date":"2023-10-30T19:35:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T19:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/?p=3833"},"modified":"2023-10-30T19:38:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T19:38:15","slug":"big-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2023\/10\/30\/big-ridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231029_161413.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3834\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231029_161413.jpg 240w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231029_161413-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Into Dark Holler we go. How many years since I&#8217;ve been there God only knows. It was back in the Ricky Bobby days. My friend Toni is trying to get state parks on her passport. So we paid $17 to sleep on the ground. Actually she paid it so I shouldn&#8217;t complain. But to think it&#8217;s more expensive to sleep on the ground in a state park than the Smokies is just inconceivable . Of course we were the only people there. I suppose solitude comes at a price.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231029_101559315_HDR2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3835\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231029_101559315_HDR2-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231029_101559315_HDR2-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231029_101559315_HDR2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231029_101559315_HDR2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231029_101559315_HDR2-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The weather and company were both warm. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231028_192250253-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3836\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231028_192250253-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231028_192250253-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231028_192250253-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231028_192250253-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Full moon illuminated the campsite at 2 am. Reverse eclipse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231029_101831624_HDR-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3837\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231029_101831624_HDR-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231029_101831624_HDR-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231029_101831624_HDR-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231029_101831624_HDR-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">We hit three state parks. Including Big Ridge there was Cove lake and Norris Dam.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>it was peak leaf weekend.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231029_184756_808-819x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3838\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231029_184756_808-819x1024.webp 819w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231029_184756_808-240x300.webp 240w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231029_184756_808-768x960.webp 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231029_184756_808.webp 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hope y&#8217;all got to experience it. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>it was peak leaf weekend.<\/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\/3833"}],"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=3833"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3841,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3833\/revisions\/3841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}