Breathing in the morning view
And starting off the day of adventure with Bear Pancakes!
The darker ones are more accurate to the region (but I didn't want to burn them black!)
Yay!
Chimney Tops Picnic Area
Lots of fun crossing big river rocks.
Love my little adventurers!
And my man!
Never too much sunshine ;) on a rock island
We continued our scenic drive through the mountain and stopped at trail to walk up up up into the clouds and Clingman's Dome, highest point of the Smokies, almost 7,000 ft.
The view cleared just for a moment.
Pretty tired after that uphill hike.
Gorgeous views!
But not too tired to climb...ever!
Check out these beautiful shades of blue!
tried a panoramic...
Newfound Gap is where FDR dedicated the park "for the permanent enjoyment of the people" in 1940 on the TN/NC state line. We stopped for the restrooms and the girls ran off climbing the Rockefeller Memorial.
Then we enjoyed the scenic drive through the mountains to Ocanaluftee, NC.
At the Oconaluftee Visitors Center, the girls listened to stories from people "in their own words." There was one funny one from a man telling a tall tale about a turkey hunt. At the end he yodeled, which meant you could believe it or not.
Behind the visitors center was a Mountain Farm Museum that Lydia & I explored.
Corn storage in the mountains.
At that point, the weather was warm and we were kind of tired, but were so close to a recommended Mingo Falls. We drove through the town of Cheokee and walked up 150 steps (we counted them together) and found these beautiful cascading falls:
The cabin community has a nice pool:
We got a plenty of swimming in on this trip.
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