This post is especially for Julie!
The four of us girls left on June 29th to head to Knoxville, TN to visit Uncle Paul & Aunt Ann. On the way up through Georgia we saw a billboard advertising a Civil War Railroad Tunnel. We decided to stop and check it out if it wasn't too expensive. We decided that $7 a person wasn't too bad a price, so we took the tour of the tunnel. The Clisby-Austin house will soon be included in the tour as well, but at the time we visited it wasn't open yet.
Western & Atlantic Historic Tunnel and Museum Visitor's Center in Tunnel Hill, GA (Near Dalton)
Western & Atlantic Historic Tunnel (The Great Locomotive Chase took place here)
The working tunnel is on the left and the historic tunnel is on the right
Man Hole where workers in the tunnel would go if there was a train coming. The tunnel is so narrow that trains often got stuck going through it.
We went to Cade's Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park with Uncle Paul and Aunt Ann on Saturday, June 30th.
The four of us on the porch of one of the cabins
John Oliver Place in Cades Cove. We only got out at this cabin, the visitors center and the picnic area at the entrance from Townsend because it was so hot. The temps in Cades Cove were around 104* or so. We ate lunch in Townsend after leaving Cades Cove and the temp there was 107*.
The grist mill at the Visitor Center.
Looking out over the valley
Doe and fawn, if you click on the picture you can see the fawn under the doe's belly
Sitting on a rock in the creek
creek at the picnic area (a lot of people had their chairs set up out in the creek, trying to keep cool)
Headed to Uncle Bill & Aunt Marilyn's in Anderson, SC on Monday, July 2nd
We had gotten off I-40 near Dandridge and saw this hay field
We followed this truck for a while on I-40 through Newport, TN
Our plan on the way to Anderson, SC was to stop in Sunset, SC at Victorious Valley Homes to purchase some CDs. We came in a different way than the map we had printed out and never did find the place we were looking for. After we arrived at Uncle Bill & Aunt Marilyn's we looked at the map and decided we would try to find the place on Tuesday, July 3. We finally found it after going up into North Carolina, finding a place to turn around and almost missing the road a second time. Twin Falls was very close to Victorious Valley, so we decided to go and hike up to the falls.
Us girls on a huge rock by the water - the falls themselves were about 1/8 to 1/4 of a mile further up the path.
Twin Falls from the observation area
Close up of the falls on the left
Down stream from the falls
Jenny with the water behind her
We were very close to Table Rock Mountain, so we went over to the Wesleyan Camp and took some pictures
It was just after lunch time, so we stopped in at the Pumpkintown General Store and Cafe for lunch
Jenny was so tired Monday evening she tried to crash here instead of going on upstairs to bed
Tuesday evening, Julie came from NC to visit with us. Uncle David, Aunt Roberta, Sylvia and Lydia were to come down on the 4th. Sylvia didn't end up coming since she wasn't feeling well.
July 4th
Cousins
Julie, Laura, Lydia
Jenny, Rachel, Grace
We can't get together with the David Miller's without having Tea and Krispy Kreme donuts
Aunt Roberta brought some shortbread that she had made, too.
The table set for Tea
my tea and snacks
All of the group
Lydia, Julie, Jenny, Rachel, Grace, Laura
Bill & Marilyn French, Roberta & David Miller
Julie, Lydia, Aunt Roberta & Uncle David
Uncle Bill & Aunt Marilyn French
We headed back home on Thursday, July 5th
We took a bathroom break in Shady Dale, GA at Champion's General Store.
Old Stagecoach Stop in Shady Dale, GA
Water tower for Monticello, GA
Looking across the gorge at the falls
Looking down at the river at the bottom of the gorge
the sign at the overlook
The cabin that Hannah and her parents stayed at
a tree that was in bud by the front porch
Andy & Hannah enjoying a bench glider in front of the P. Graham Dunn Gallery
Jenny checks out the chair glider - they were made of composite board and very comfortable
Herbie at a museum across the street from the gallery
A mini Herbie
Chastity gets a ride on Daddy's shoulders - she loved it!!
Dogwoods in bloom
The view going down.
Chalets in Chalet Village
I thought that the clouds on the mountains were pretty
Chastity looks at the view
Hannah and Chastity
Chastity tries to pull her sock off
