{"id":874,"date":"2013-10-07T17:52:38","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T21:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/?p=874"},"modified":"2013-10-10T10:43:08","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T14:43:08","slug":"north-mills-river-et-max-patch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/north-mills-river-et-max-patch\/","title":{"rendered":"North Mills River et Max Patch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trois jours d&rsquo;escapade avant de retourner \u00e0 Fletcher pour enfin parvenir \u00e0 assurer VivaLaVida \u00e0 mon nom. c&rsquo;est gal\u00e8re, bient\u00f4t quatre semaines de d\u00e9marches sans fin et toujours rien..!<\/p>\n<p>Alors pour me changer les id\u00e9es, j&rsquo;ai commenc\u00e9 par deux jours \u00e0 North Mills River, dans un \u00ab\u00a0primitive campground\u00a0\u00bb, plus exactement un emplacement de camping sans commodit\u00e9s, diss\u00e9min\u00e9 le long d&rsquo;une \u00ab\u00a0dirt road\u00a0\u00bb foresti\u00e8re sur les bords de la Mills River. J&rsquo;en ai profit\u00e9 pour faire deux belles sorties \u00e0 VTT dont une avec Jonathan et Janet, un couple qui est venu dans un emplacement voisin dans une ambulance transform\u00e9e en camper.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nPrimitive campground \u00e0 North Mills River<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1787b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1787b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC1787b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1787b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1787b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1787b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nPour se mettre en train de bon matin ;-D<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/130927_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/130927_1.jpg\" alt=\"130927_1\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/130927_1.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/130927_1-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/130927_1-300x408.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nLa Mills River au petit matin<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1783b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1783b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC1783b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1783b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1783b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1783b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nSouche&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1784b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1784b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC1784b\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1784b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1784b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1784b-300x408.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nDirt road&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1781b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1781b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC1781b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1781b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1781b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1781b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nSamedi, j&rsquo;avais rendez-vous le soir \u00e0 Hot Springs avec une partie de l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe rencontr\u00e9e sur le week-end 4&#215;4. Soir\u00e9e sympa dans un pub Live Music et quelques verres de cidre bien frais. Dimanche, je suis mont\u00e9 au Max Patch, un sommet des Appalaches qui a la particularit\u00e9 d&rsquo;\u00eatre pel\u00e9. Sans que personne ne sache vraiment pourquoi, un incendie \u00e0 d\u00e9truit les arbres du sommet il y a une centaine d&rsquo;ann\u00e9e et depuis, la for\u00eat ne l&rsquo;a pas recolonis\u00e9. On y trouve ainsi une prairie entour\u00e9e de for\u00eats qui me font penser \u00e0 l&rsquo;Ard\u00e8che, chataigniers en moins. Alors que le couchant semblait prometteurs, le mauvais temps annonc\u00e9 pour lundi est arriv\u00e9 deux heures trop t\u00f4t, ruinant mon attente toutefois bien agr\u00e9able sur ce sommet d\u00e9gag\u00e9 et vent\u00e9&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00ab\u00a0General Store\u00a0\u00bb et station service sur le chemin du Max Patch<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1788b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1788b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC1788b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1788b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1788b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1788b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nLe sentier &#8211; un tout petit bout de l&rsquo;Appalachian Trail &#8211; en approchant le sommet&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1803b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1803b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC1803b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1803b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1803b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1803b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&#8230; s&rsquo;ouvre sur une large prairie&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1793b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1793b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC1793b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1793b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1793b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1793b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&#8230; \u00e0 la vue panoramique saisissante<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1791b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1791b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC1791b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1791b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1791b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1791b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1795b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1795b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC1795b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1795b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1795b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1795b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nCette prairie comprend des plantes presque uniques en Am\u00e9rique du Nord<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1804b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1804b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC1804b\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1804b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1804b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1804b-300x408.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1805b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1805b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC1805b\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1805b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1805b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1805b-300x408.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nUne famille est venue me rejoindre au sommet pour faire voler des cerfs-volants<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1817b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1817b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC1817b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1817b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1817b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1817b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nFin de journ\u00e9e brumeuse&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1808b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1808b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC1808b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1808b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1808b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1808b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1810b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1810b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC1810b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1810b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1810b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1810b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nLes arbres commencent \u00e0 changer de couleur \u00e0 cette altitude. Ma descente dans la for\u00eat \u00e9tait ainsi color\u00e9e&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1818b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1818b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC1818b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1818b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1818b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC1818b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nCroisez les doigts pour que je re\u00e7oive enfin mon assurance et que je puisse me mettre en route&#8230; \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trois jours d&rsquo;escapade avant de retourner \u00e0 Fletcher pour enfin parvenir \u00e0 assurer VivaLaVida \u00e0 mon nom. c&rsquo;est gal\u00e8re, bient\u00f4t quatre semaines de d\u00e9marches sans fin et toujours rien..! Alors pour me changer les id\u00e9es, j&rsquo;ai commenc\u00e9 par deux jours \u00e0 North Mills River, dans un \u00ab\u00a0primitive campground\u00a0\u00bb, plus exactement<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/north-mills-river-et-max-patch\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-carolina"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":879,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874\/revisions\/879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}