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I’m so excited!!!

Posted on | July 13, 2007 | 10 Comments

This weekend, we’re headed here!  Where we’ll stay in one of these:

And walk along trails like this

and like this

and hopefully see lots of these

and perhaps one or two of these (which have a whole new meaning for me now!)

These pictures were taken three years ago but (unlike myself) I’m sure the Lodge and the trail haven’t changed.  Part of my excitement is due to the cooler temperatures we’ll enjoy (yesterday’s high was 63, low of 42) but mostly I’m beside myself with anticipation at being surrounded by nature!  I love the moss and the trees and the smells – it’s like Christmas in July when you’re hiking amid Frasier and spruce firs!  It smells so CLEAN and EARTHY and REAL. 

First we’ll spend the obligatory night in Gatlinburg – NOT one of my favorite places by far but a necessary evil as the hike up LeConte will take most of the following day.  This year, we could only get reservations for a Sunday night stay, so we’ll go to Gatlinburg tomorrow morning (yay! 4-5 hours of car knitting time!), take the boy to the Tennessee Aquarium, visit Baskin Robbins (Jamoca Almond Fudge, here I come!), and I just learned of a shop called Smoky Mountain Spinnery that is half a mile from our hotel so I get to make a fiber excursion!!!  Souvenir yarn/fiber is the BEST!  A good night’s sleep and we’ll hike up the mountain on Sunday, stay the night in our rustic cabin (no electricity, only a kerosene lamp for light), and hike down on Monday.  Then more car knitting time!  And home!

I can’t imagine a more perfect weekend.  I hope you all have a fabulous weekend, no matter what’s on your agenda!

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