Time to catch up on some blog posts and this one reminds me to make the best of whatever is thrown at us. The reason I mention this is that the catalyst to doing a hike along the Big East Fork of the Pigeon was brewed up during my bout with the flu several weeks ago. I spent a few days at home feeling half dead and to pass time I studied maps and guide books, dreaming about getting out and exploring some special places I had not visited up to that point. I've had the Shining Rock & Middle Prong Wilderness - PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST USDA map for years but never had an occasion to use it any more than to day dream potential adventures. The creek is featured on that map as well as in Whitewater of the Southern Appalachians, Volume 2: The Mountains.
