I am going to re-start at Fontana Dam, NC southern point of the Smokies. I hiked thru there in April - the winding starts was burned out three miles before Franklin last year. I will report on the Smokies for you.
Gatlinburg Fire didn’t make to the crest of the Smokies. Are you planning on staying at the LeConte lodge?
Winding starts?
What does that mean?
That's what I originally thought you meant until I reread the first part:
"I am going to re-start at Fontana Dam, NC southern point of the Smokies. I hiked thru there in April - the winding starts was burned out..."
and saw the word "start" there. My guess, rather than an auto-spell-correct thing, it was that the word "start" was on your mind and you unconsciously typed it in that other spot in the sentence. This sort of typo happens a lot. I've done it in the past myself.
BTW, although I've lived my nearly 60 years in New York City, I love the Smokey Mts. In fact, my late father, was from east Tennessee.
He met my late mom, an Italian girl from Manhattan, while he and a friend were on leave from the Navy visiting New York's Central Park. We used to travel to Knoxville every summer to spend a couple months there with his relatives. They were among the best days of my life. As a result of our annual visit to the Smokies, fascinated with the mountains and their long, incredible, complex history, I eventually ended up majoring in geology. We used to go down by railroad, I think out of the old Penn-Central train depot in NY. I've been in love with trains every since.