Yesterday we drove to Gatlinburg, TN. What a great little town nestled at the foothills of the Smoky Mountains!
Saw the Gatlinburg Sky Lift which rides to the top of an 1800 ft overlook. Nope! Didn’t go up it.
“Bill” did go up the Gatlinburg Space Needle though. It is 407 feet tall!
I’ve determined that what Kentucky is to Bourbon,,,,, Tennessee is to Whiskey and Moonshine! There are distilleries everywhere.
Listened to some local bluegrass …
Bill has had too much good southern cook’n and has decided he needs to go on a diet SOON!
Today we ventured up into the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Ridge upon ridge of forest straddles the border between NC and TN.
Seeing the Smoky Mountains from a distance is nothing against the beauty of the mountains once in and up on top of them!
We made it to “Clingman’s Dome”. At 6,643 feet, it is the highest point in TN and the 2nd highest point east of the Mississippi. Clingman’s Dome is half in NC and half in TN.
Speckles and Mel had a great time in the mountains too!
On the descent out of the mountains, we stopped alongside a creek bed. Bill did some rock hopping and stone hunting while there.
All is good in the Great Smoky Mountains …. especially since “Ranger Bill” was there!!
Bill and Barb ... where to next? 
Three things: 1) Is that a sumac tree, the one with the red blossoms? 2) Barb, you look so young in that picture of the 2 of you. Bill? Not so much!! Sorry Bill! 3) I love their liquor bottles! Oh, 1 more: 4) Ranger Bill and Ranger Rick would make a good team!
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No. Not sumac. It’s mountain ash. One of the guides said this is one of most beautiful years it has bloomed. Just stunning.
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Majestic! Stunning! Love it!
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Isn’t it beautiful! ? One of our fav areas.
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Words or pictures don’t do it justice!
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