View from the Treestand

Nothing left…I made it to Tricorner Shelter.

Feeling better…fire…plenty of water…Tricorner Shelter.

Guinea hen that someone left at Tricorner shelter. Eats out of your hand.

We begin the treck to Tricorner…the most remote shelter in the Smokys…6 miles and 3 pretty intense assents…not much talking…I’m praying…perhaps thats what everyone else is doing too. Hiking is slow, takes us about 4 hours to get to Tricorner. The smell of smoke greets us as we turn the corner and see the shelter…just as it begins to pour rain! 6 guys, a chemist, a geologist and 4 engineers, all friends, hiking together greet us with a roaring fire in the fireplace. Not only is there a fire but they have a water filtration system set up and offer us all the water we can drink…they didn’t know about our situation…God did!! Plus the spring to get water is right beside the shelter…coming right out of the mountain! This oasis God provided is more than huge…its just what I needed…what we needed…I drink and drink some more…warm myself…feels real good on the back…tears…God you are GOOD! I have an opportunity to share with our new friends my experience and how God used them to provide an Oasis in the desert…today has been the hardest day of my life…mentally and physically I have absolutely nothing left…never been challenged like this ever…pushed way beyond my limits…Lord you made a way when there was no way…