Monday, April 21, 2008

Smokies Trip - People Pictures

Today's postcard - made from the bag from my purchase at the visitor's center

I certainly have Smokies withdrawal today. I miss the mountains, the streams, the wild flowers, the company, all of it.

We came upon a farmstead on one of our hikes. Sarah was taking pictures of the spring in the springhouse


and Bridget and Helen were taking pictures of Sarah.

Sarah had to leave Saturday night, but she made a fire in the fire ring at the motel before she left. Sarah and Helen are the fire tenders in the group. The motel had six units and three fire rings, and the Little River was just past the fire rings. Sort of like camping at Elkmont but with a refrigerator and shower.

Our last stop was at Look Rock, at the far west side of the park on the Foothills Parkway. There was a short uphill hike to a lookout tower with wonderful vistas. We saw some climbers coming down - other than that, we were the only ones there.

To see the view from the tower, look at the webcam.







1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That's a nice water bottle in the picture with Sarah.
and a cool link to the webcam!

Steph