Monday, April 9, 2012

spring break

We decided to take a little trip over spring break this year. When we go somewhere close by, it's usually to the beach. But we didn't think we wanted to share the beach with a bunch of spring breakers. So we went the other direction-to the mountains. It was our first trip there and we loved it.

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We stayed in Gatlinburg, TN and decided to go through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to get there.
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There was a mountain farm museum at the welcome center, which was very cool.


The view from Clingman's Dome
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We also went to Cade's Cove
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Me and my boys
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This is one of three churches there. The Missionary Baptist Church started in 1839 but this building was built in 1915.

Matthew, before our hike to Abrams Falls
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It was a 2.5 mile hike up and down the mountain to the falls. And back again. But definitely worth it.
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We can cross this one off our bucket list ;-) We hiked a small part of the Appalachian Trail. We saw quite a few people who said they were going all the way to Maine.
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Hiking the Trail.

2 comments:

Shannon B said...

Wow, Amy!! Absolutely wonderful images!!!!! Stunning.

Michelle said...

Lovely shots, Amy. Looks like you had a nice time!