I like hiking trails that follow a creek or mountain stream and crossing nature made bridges of logs and rocks. That is an accurate description of Baker Gulch Trail at Never Summer Range Wilderness. Everyday it rained in the Rockies and thrice we were caught in a hail storm. The further up we climbed, the temperature dropped and an approaching rain storm would result in a hail storm of sharp balls of ice heading our heads. I love every minute of being in a mountain rainfall and hail storm. It is in my nature I guess. A result of my Cherokee Indian heritage is the love of misty mountains, smoky clouds and deep forests of running rivers and streams. I love the Rockies but the Smokey Mountains is my ancestral home and where my heart abides.
