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38 Shop Bluff & Little Still Hollow

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    You don’t get too many days in January forecast to reach the upper sixties, so we jumped at the chance to get out and go hiking.  The Moccasin Creek area is remote with a lot to offer anyone willing to make the journey. Since the area isn't really on the ‘tourist circuit’ and it’s not the easiest place to get to, we weren’t really surprised that we never saw a single soul while hiking today. Moccasin Creek confluence with Indian Creek      For us the best route into the area takes us down Dare Mine Road all the way to the bottom at Indian Creek near the confluence with Moccasin Creek.  We park right on Forest Service Road 1806B, which is on the right just after Dare Mine Road reaches the bottom of a long hill. in Little Still Hollow     First, we'll head north to check out Little Still Hollow, we hike up FR1806B, which is more like a trail than a road and right away come alongside an old rock wall.  Soon we leave the road and after crossing a little side drainage begin hiki