To give us a good dose of green of course! Both of us have decided (minus Memphis), Tennessee is extraordinarily beautiful! Just imagine living in the heart of a jungle. Or forest so lush and thick that you can't see beyond 10 feet! The sun even has a hard time shining through the trees! Simply beautiful! People keep asking about pictures...have no fear, they will appear!
Day 4 con't- Nashville! The last time we spoke, we were heading to a Hustle dance at the Nashville Swing Dance Club. We got pretty good at that particular dance step under the instruction of a very talented dancer. After the lesson, we stayed another hour or so and danced with a few more old men. Oh how dancing is a lost art enjoyed by only the aged...and us of course. After dancing we headed back to our beautiful campsite and slept quite well...despite the critter lurking at the trashcans and the kids that woke up and started shooting air soft guns at 6:30. :)
Day 5: Destination: Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Let's just say, words can't describe the beauty that we saw there. It truly was like walking into a story book. A lazy morning and a late start and a long drive meant that we didn't get to our campsite until the evening. But we enjoyed a meal around the fire and then when walking up the creek (crick if you're from the south) in the dense, jungle-like forest. Our lesson/analogy of the day occurred around the campfire, where we determined that fires are like relationships. They take a lot of work, especially when the wood is rotten. But it's the only way to get something as sweet as a s'more. We went to bed, looking up at the stars and moon, but we both awoke to thunder and lightening at 2:35 and swiftly decided to get up and put the rain fly on. We were very happy we did when less than 5 minutes later, it started to rain and continued to rain the rest of the night.
Day 6: Destination: Columbia, South Carolina. After another late start (since we didn't sleep too well after it started raining and were procrastinating getting up and having to take down a wet tent), we headed up the mountain 5 miles and through the "jungle" to a beautiful waterfall called Hen Wallow. Lew can also now say that she has hiked the Appalachian Trail (a whole 15 feet of it anyway)...(:. We had a nice drive through North Carolina and into South Carolina, where we ended up in Columbia. It's another beautiful community. We got to Alyssa's friend's house and showered and did laundry. We were thankful that we wouldn't have to go to the laundromat, but then, when the washer broke down, Lew ended up taking the clothes to a laundromat to finish them up while Ark made dinner.
And that is where our adventure finds us so far. About every 5 minutes for the past two days, one or the other of us has said, "Wow, this is so beautiful." So, we continue to thank God for the beauty of His creation and to praise Him for His faithfulness to us in so many ways. Hopefully, pictures will be up soon. Until next time...
I have been to the Smoky Mountains too. Loved it. Things are just a bit different on that side of the U.S. but still very beautiful. Although it seemed to me that the further east you get, the less trees and wooded areas there are.
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