October Color
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This Site is following a short October Vacation in the mountains of North
Carolina and Tennessee. Check back here often to see updates during
the week of October 17 th. These pictures are all shot with an Olympus D600-L digital camera and are being uploaded each night. Forgive the poorer resolution of the copies that are saved here. The resolution and size have been reduced dramatically so that the images will load fast. The originals in the Computer are much better.
Our Last day here - Cool, Crisp, Clear and beautiful!
Into Gatlinburg for some Last Minute shopping.
Off to Cataloochee Valley - the roads from rural to dirt.
A stop along the way - Mountain Moma's (sic) Market.
A view from the road. We decided we must come back some year in late spring, because these forests are filled with rhododendron bushes. The area must be gorgeous when they are in bloom - much like the west of Ireland at that time of year.
Water and a Mushroom. These were taken near a small bridge that is very near the spot where two creeks converge. A wonderful, tranquil place to just hang out for a while.
The Lookout a few miles above Cataloochee Valley.
A final Sunset in the Valley. We stayed after the sun set because we were joined by two does who didn't seem the least concerned with our presence, and we enjoyed theirs.
