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Vacation: Day 10 Heaven in the Hill
That day came. Time to leave our cabin hanging on the mountain. We had a great week in the Smoky Mountains, but we have to return home to make money to pay for it all. Why does everything cost money? We wake up early and start moving around the place. We packed the night before, […]
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Vacation Day 9 What falls?
Can it really be our last day in the Smokies? Like all good things, it can’t go on forever. We sat around planning our hikes and activities for the last day. Rich decided he wanted to see one more corner of the park. We use the last of our goodies to fix breakfast and then […]
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Vacation Day 8: Over the river and through the gap to Abrams Falls
Somehow our clocks are out of sync. Either I sleep in or Rich does. Today was Rich’s turn to sleep in. We got breakfast and got on the road to Cades Cove again today. We are going to walk the Abrams Falls trail. Since the entire trail there and back is 5 miles, this is […]
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Vacation Extra: Drive to Our Cabin and Then from Cabin to Parkway
I’ve been playing around with the GIF animator now that I did the animation of Rich. I had Rich snap pictures as I drove up the Parkway and took the Cove Mountain Road exit to our cabin. Not exactly what I had hoped for, but it is a little bit cool. Here is our drive […]
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Vacation Day 7 Three for the Price of One
We are maintaining our schedule pretty well. We got up a little earlier, but took our time about breakfast. After straightening up, we head out to the park yet again. Today, we go across the park to Cherokee, NC.As a kid, we used to come to the Smokies and camp. We always went over to […]
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Vacation Extra: Rich is Exhausted
After buying the t-shirt that says: I walked the entire (width) of the Appalachian Trail, I just had to try and make a animation of Rich doing just that. Kind of cute. Click the photo to see the animation.
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Vacation Day 6 Walking the Width of the Appalachian Trail
I actually slept in today! Rich got up first and I didn’t even hear him. It must be that mountain air. I even missed Rich screaming like a little girl when he discovered our unexpected guest.Rich was drying his hands on the towel that was lying by the sink. A very large spider dropped out onto […]
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Vacation Day 5 No Bear Scat, Just Bears
This is Day 5. We slept in again. This is getting to be a bad habit, you know. I’m sure Sascha won’t stand for it. Let alone my boss.After breakfast, we packed up the car and headed out for Cades Cove. This took us to Sugarland Visitor’s Center first. We looked through the exhibits and […]
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Vacation Day 4: Bear Scat, But No Bears
Is it Day 4 already? Well, just Day 3 for Rich. It’s Sunday and we slept in. I got up early, but Rich was still sawing logs so I left him. I came down to get caught up on my blog. But wait, I’m still behind! Rich finally woke up and stumbled down the stairs […]
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Vacation: Day 3 Give ’em the bird
Day 3 of vacation dawned sunshiny and bright with the sound of a jackhammer outside our window. At least they waited until 8:00 AM to start drilling on the street below. Well, we had things to do and places to be anyway today. We got ready, packed out bags, and headed out of Louisville. As […]