My View Charles Bunion Hey everyone! I just finished putting together a video of a trip to the Charlies Bunion rock outcropping on the Appalachian Trail. The trip started with a long drive Thursday night to Newfound Gap in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We got there about 12 midnight, slept in the car, and got up to see the sun rise. We hiked the Appalachian Trail northbound until we got to the "jump off," which is about two miles in and one-half mile off of the trail, and it had great views. We then hiked the rest of the way to Charlies Bunion where we ate our lunch and enjoyed the view. After lunch we connected just past Charlies Bunion to Dry Sluice Gap Trail and took it south until meeting the Grassy Branch Trail that we took to Kephart Shelter, all in all about eight miles. The shelter housed about eight campers that night, and when we awoke there was rain and thunder. We waited for an hour for the thunder to stop before we started hiking in the rain. The temp was in the mid to low 50s, and we hiked uphill in the rain for about four miles. Along the way, we came upon three small waterfalls. We made it back to the Appalachian Trail and hiked back to the Newfound Gap parking area that was full of people.  I just put together the video of this trip, and you can go to it with this link.  Please check it out and tell me what you think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq44VvLWsMw