Hiking

Since we are right next to The Great Smoky Mountains, we've taken an interest in hiking. There are about a gazillion trails and umpteen thousand miles to hike.  We started this on the weekend of our first family holiday gathering, July 4. (Can you say hot?).  Of course it was much cooler, (but harder to breathe) at the top of Clngman's Dome, but that was a short climb. 

Our second and longer hike was to Grotto Falls. So far, that's my personal favorite.  I took lots of photos along the trail and at the falls. It was so cool walking behind the falls. After that hike, we were hooked. We went that night and bought hiking boots and socks, walking sticks, backpacks, yada, yada, yada!  

I also like walking on The Gatlinburg Trail because it's easily accessed, it's short, and it's flat!  It was beautiful in October. The guys went to the top of Chimney Tops, but I gave it up about halfway and went back down to shoot the rocks, streams, and bridges at the beginning of the trail. 

Now that Spring is finally here, we hope to travel some more trails on our next holiday gathering, Memorial Day weekend.