a hiking we will go.

what better way to spend time in Tennessee than to go on a long hike in the beautiful smokey mountains.

a group of us made the 24 mile car trip to cade's cove (an old community of farmers and their families who lived and survived in the smokey mountains). we drove and hiked from homestead to homestead to see the various houses that were still standing from the 1700 and 1800's.

community church, methodist church, or missionary baptist... choices, choices, choices

in this small community there were 3 churches. we only went to one... in the church yard was a small cemetary.

it was exciting to see all the different people who had lived and died in the area. some were alive during the time of the revelutionary war. another was killed by north carolina rebels. the saddest thing to see were the graves said... 'infant'...lived and died the same day.

eric and i decided that we could move into this quaint cabin. the only problem... we couldn't find the outhouse.

then the real hike began...

six of us went on a hike to abram's falls... it was a gorgeous hike with a rushing stream running right beside the trail.

there were several log bridges that we had to cross.

we passed one sign that said...'be cautious, there have been 4 drownings at abram's falls. please don't be the next.'

thankfully there were no accidents or incidents...just pure pleasure...it was beautiful!