The rain was lifting in Cherokee
Happy Valentine's Day 2009
Deep Creek area - popular for tubing in the summer
Starting the trail
The trail to Juney Whank Falls
Tom Branch Falls
A bridge crossing Deep Creek
Deep Creek
The beginning of Deep Creek Trail
Intersection with Indian Creek Trail
This must be tubing drop point
Indian Creek Falls side trail
Indian Creek Falls
A hemlock grows on top of the rocks
Intersection with Stone Pile Gap Trail
Indian Creek Trail was muddy in spots
These side trails with signs prohibiting horses often lead to old cemetaries.
A moss covered boulder
Reeses cups were apparently popular along the Indian Creek Trail
Daffodils about to bloom
Now we switch to Snickers
A hog trap along Indian Creek Trail
A peaceful bridge crossing on Indian Creek Trail
Hemlocks
The huge hemlocks along Indian Creek Trail
Flat area with the two huge trees in the shape of a V to the left.
The V trees
Nearing Deeplow Gap Trail intersection
Backcountry campsite #46 at the end of Indian Creek Trail and Martins Gap Trail
A nice footbridge along Martins Gap Trail
Now I'm on a trail instead of a roadbed
Sapsucker evidence all the way up the tree
A interesting feature of this hemlock
Fogging up as I moved higher
Fogged in at the top
Made it to the top - Martins Gap
