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| Early Morning in the beautiful Smoky Mountains in Tennessee |
Well Friends, It's almost October.... Can you believe it???? I thought I just wrote that it was September --just a week or so ago. Time is FLYING... Mercy me---before we know it, it will be Christmas... GOSH!!!! Anyhow---welcome to AUTUMN. It's my favorite season --so I hope we can enjoy it for SEVERAL WEEKS/MONTHS....
But today, we're going back to SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 ---and talk more about our Day Trip to the Smoky Mountains that day. This will be my third blog post talking about that daytrip. If you missed either of the other two, click
HERE and/or
HERE. We had so much fun that day ---so I'm sure there will be more posts upcoming...
Today is a 'hodge-podge' post just showing you some of the other things we saw (besides the back roads, creeks, early fall colors and wildflowers). Hope you enjoy these pictures. Be sure to click on them for enlargements.
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| We walked across the new bridge at the Chimneys Trailhead to check out the water/cascades. |
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| WOW---don't you love the sunbeams? We had a mixture of sun and rain and clouds all during that day! |
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| Beautiful and interesting SKY all around these mountains! |
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| George standing at an overlook; We were watching rain to the left and sun to the right! |
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| Oh those gorgeous Smoky Mountains; I could stay here all day --just looking! |
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| A beautiful doe almost came up to us when we were hiking near one of the overlooks along Highway 441 between Gatlinburg and Cherokee. She and her fawn actually followed us part of the way--and weren't as afraid as most deer are. |
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| I love seeing the big puffy clouds... Are they full of rain??????? |
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| Here is the cute little Fawn (with its spots) --who was following his/her mother on that trail. |
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| Oh those beautiful Smoky Mountains!!! I love seeing all of the layers. |
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| Here we are at one of our favorite overlooks --checking out the mountains AND wildflowers. |
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| More beautiful sky pictures; I love seeing the shadows on the mountains! |
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| "Hurry!!! Let's have lunch before the rain gets here." |
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| See the RAIN on that next ridge???? BUT--there was still sun where we were!! |
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| Here's one more picture showing the mountains, the sunshine, AND RAIN in the distance! |
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| AND---after seeing all of the beauty in the Smokies, we had more glorious beauty on our way home that evening. This is the SUNSET that evening as we drove on the Cumberland Plateau heading home!!!! WOW! |
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| Two people in love ---who also love being in the MOUNTAINS! |
Hope you enjoyed seeing more of our pictures from that Day Trip to the Smokies. As you can see, whether it is sunny or rainy or just cloudy, the sky can give us so much beauty while in the mountains.. We will go back and take pictures in some of these same areas after the leaves change colors this coming month. I can't wait to see it all again in AUTUMN.
Hugs,
