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A Word About the Smokies

5/1/2013

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I have wanted to visit Great Smokey Mountain National Park for as long as I can remember. I had my walls plastered with images of the Smokies from calendars, magazines, the travel section of the newspaper. Back before people called it a "vision board", back when it was just "stuff hung on my wall". I looked at those images of all the splendor of the Smokies and dreamed of going. And now I'm here.
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The Smokies are everything I dreamed they would be. We are hiking through right on the cusp of spring, when the flowers are just starting to poke their heads out, but not quite on full bloom.
I feel like I walking in a Monet painting with all the shades of green: the bright green of the grass, the muted green of the moss on fallen logs, the dark, earthy brownish-green of the moss along the ground, and the light, yellowish spring green of the buds on the trees. The ground is covered with delicate white blossoms with just a touch of pink inside which, from a distance, looks like a dusting of snow. Here and there are the still curled petals of trout lillies in a sunshiny yellow. We have even seen a plum colored trillium flower that we did not know existed.
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Up higher than the flowery meadows, we hiked along ridges, quite literally one foot on North Carolina, the other on Tennessee, with steep, startling mountain views on either side.
Finally, we descended into dark, cool forest paths with rivers in deep ravines.
Mark one off on the life list, but I'll surely make a mental note to come back to this beautiful place again on the future.
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Razzymoto
4/29/2013 01:08:56 pm

Just watched a documentary on the AT. I'm hooked. Love you're blog best after reading a few others. Am hanging on by my seat to see what happens next. No pressure.

Randy from MN

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Stephanie
4/30/2013 11:02:29 am

So happy for you that you are doing something you have wanted to do for so long. Love the posts! Keep 'em coming and stay safe! And dry!

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BDSM Dartmouth link
10/15/2013 03:31:07 pm

First time here at your blog and wanted to say hi.

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    Heather

    Hi, I'm Heather, AKA "Pink Lady". Welcome to my blog.  I'm so excited to share my adventures as I embark on a thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail.  
    While you're here, be sure to check out  the charity I'm hiking for: Devoted2Children a  great organization which funds a home for orphaned children in Haiti. 

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