Adventure Empires

It seems like Kevin and I have never planned an adventure that went according to plan. This last trip most certainly did NOT go according to plan. lol. When we first started planning these backpacking trips - the weather would ALWAYS say it was going to rain, we would cancel the trip, and of course - it would end up being beautiful weather and we'd be wishing we hadn't canceled the trip. Therefore, we watch the forecasts with extreme prejudice - usually assuming something along the lines of "that's totally gonna go north and miss us." Except this time - the weatherman was right! It rained the WHOLE trip. Our plan was to do the Skyway / Chinabee Silent Trail / Pinhoti loop starting at Adams Gap and going clockwise, hitting the Skyway trail first. Last time I did this loop it was Winter 2013, 25 degrees outside, and we did it counter clockwise. We had a blast, but all the good scenery was first, and the Skyway trail - which can only be described as a multitude of