Brrr... it's chilly up in those mountains!
We pulled over to take a walk through all the natural beauty. As I was picking up pretty leaves, I found a cell phone! It belonged to a couple visiting from Florida. When we got home, I dropped it in the mail to them. I hope that they got it...
Anyway, back to the trip... We drove all the way up to the highest peak. Clingman's Dome. It was so high up, it was above the color line. No leaves left here except on the pine trees...
We've have a really quiet week traffic and tourist-wise, but today the tourists were out in FORCE! Clingman's Dome was packed! Thank goodness for Uncle George's handicap placard. When we reached Gatlinburg, Tennessee, streets were packed with cars, sidewalks were packed with people, traffic was terrible! There was no way we could stop, so we turned around and headed back to North Carolina.
Now here's a pretty little spot...
What are we doing here Uncle George?
We are picking out a new rock for Uncle George's rock garden. Uncle George has rocks from around the world! Here is what it was like picking a rock for the rock garden...
Uncle George: Find one between an ostrich egg and a football.
Jim: Here's one.
Me: Not that one... the brown one!
Jim: Which brown one?
Me: That brown one!
Jim: How am I supposed to reach that? (rolling eyes)
Me: But it's special! (pout)
Doesn't it look great? See, I told you it was special!
That's it for our drive through the Great Smoky Mountains... Tomorrow it's time to head home.
You picked a perfect rock! I could see why you wanted that one. Sure hope Jim did not fall in anywhere. hehehe
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