Arise 0900 RM(road mile) 118.6 Union County GA

WOODTHRUSH. Even tho’ this camping setup is dominated by trout fishermen(Cooper Creek, too), and even tho’ fishing and hunting campsites usually get all beat up and trashed up, my site still grows a number of nice flowers. Especially Rose Trillium. Abundant moisture really brings out the flowers. Even in well-worn spots. Arranged and re-packed the truck. My rhythms need revitalizing, and parts of my gear, too. Batteries run down. Items missing. Odds-and-ends pulled out of my total “road kit” during the house move. Oil can. For several months I have suffered tears and heartbreak at an ever-intensifying rattle and clatter in the Beagle’s back tailgate and/or flip windows. Hopefully, this morning I have found the problem. The main lynch pins in the two hinges in the tail gate had worked their way loose. The left one had slipped about 3/4″ to the right(out of its socket). The left had worked, maybe, 2 1/2″ left out of its ratched, and completely out of its right hand anchor. With my hatchet, a hammer and channel locks, as driver, I knocked them back into place. A drop-or-two of oil would’ve helped. Let’s hope that my back door rattle blues will now abate for a while.

RM118.6 T1029 Engine on. Gear stowed.
RM118.6 T1033 Head back North, the way I came last night, on FS4/CR228. That’s Mulky Road and Mulky Gap from old Lotus Blossom Days. This time, however, branch east from Mulky Road onto FS39/CR109. Thence up to the crest of Duncan Ridge–headwaters of the Tennessee and —-. East back to Sosebee.
RM118.6 T036 Depart FS4

RM119.3 T1041 Stream side campsite.
RM119.6 T1044 Arrive FS39/CR109 at Mill Shoals Creek. There’s a creek side pulloff @ Mill Shoals Creek.

RM121.4 T1106 Arrive Crest. Could be Shape Gap. Yes. Creekside camping @ Shape Gap at Pretty Branch.

RM121,6 T1112. Found Wildflower NO. 400
Pink Lady’s Slipper. Wildflower Walk. Crested Iris, Bellwort
RM121.6 T1257 Depart