Tuesday, June 22, 2010

The Great Smoky Mountains

Over the next day, we traveled north, through the mountains between Cherokee, NC and Townsend, TN.

We started out on the Oconaluftee River Trail, one of two trails in the whole park that are open to dogs. They even get their own sign.

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On the way to the trail, we passed by a restored settlement.

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Near the beginning of the tail, we passed under the Blue Ridge Parkway, connecting the Great Smoky Mountains to Shenandoah Park some 469 miles away.P1020131

And of course, there was a river…

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And a bridge over the river…

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And as far as we could tell, no ticks!

Angela learned how to use the low gears…

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As we made our way through the mountains.

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In the afternoon, we arrived at our campground…

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which, to Noodle’s delight, had a river running through it…

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It was a good day and we hope to return when we have more time.

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