NOC to Fontana Dam

Not much to show from this section of the trail. I forget where this picture was taken, but it was our first glimpse of the smokies. We could see Clingmans Dome from this spot.
The Mountain Laurel blooms were falling and the ground was blanketed in white blossoms.
The Fontana Hilton was a pretty nice shelter, had a nice view of the lake, was close to the re-supply town, and had a great swimming hole. There were showers located a short distance from the shelter but we decided to forgo the luxury due to how squeaky clean we got on our afternoon swim.

The shelter was completely devoid of mice - perhaps due to this friendly black sanke that was living underneath the floor.