This really ticked me off...There we are in the middle of a forest and upon our explorations we come across this...In case you are wondering what it is, it's a manhole...
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Me chillin in front of a great postcard view...
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The blue haze on the mountains is caused by a special kind of tree which grows only here, hence the name Smoky Mountain
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Behind me is the town of Gatlinburg, famous for its Ripley's exhibits and museums...
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Saw this guy at the Subway we were geitting our subs from...He was a neo-Nazi...The woman with him kept saying they are from his younger days...Whatever...
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Thought a picture of the boys in...er...green would be good for doing such a stellar job maintaining the park...
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A view of rolling hills...
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Me holding a Shellcrab...For it's ungodly appereance I call it a Hellcrab...
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I was bushed here...After driving for 10 hours and then pitching the tent took some toll on me...Then after that we didn't even rest...We went straight exploring...I slept that night at 9 and woke up the next day at 10.
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Starting point of three trails...
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On a trail that led to a waterfall...The hike was steep grueling 2 miles thru brush and thicket...We were sweating like the waterfalls we saw...
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A stream where we stopped to catch our breaths...
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A Vespa at the RBION made entirely of wood...
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sigh These places look so peaceful. Love the hills. Imagine how it must look during sunset or sunrise… the sky filled with different shades of yellow, orange and red.
How peaceful it would be to just spend a week there, hike back and forth between the waterfall and these hills.
ahaaN so that’s your tent i was wondering what it looked like. Ours was a four-person tent (what size is this tent?). Compared to this one, ours looks FAAR smaller than yours. It’s kind of maroonish-coloured, with a dark grey mesh covering for the mosquitoes.
Do you mind if i ask, are you and your friends planning on going hiking in Tennessee again next summer?
Really interesting thread.. :k: It’s nice to see the pictures that go along with your other thread in the Tourism Forum. Thank you for sharing
