Jason and I took a week long vacation to Cincinnati, Gatlinburg, Asheville, NC and Durham, NC last week. We had such a great time. We have a lot of pictures so I will make a few posts to show our favorites.
I would say this was the highlight of our trip – a 5 mile hike on the Alum Cave trail in the smoky mountains. It was a a beautiful, not too hot day and the trail was beautiful. We started the day by having a big breakfast at the Pancake Pantry, then we were on our way.
A map of our trail.
We hiked next to this creek most of the way up.
Stopping to enjoy the scenery (and take pictures).
There were several of these “bridges” we had to cross.
This was crazy. Almost straight up stairs through a cut out of a rock.
Looking down through the stairs at the top.
Beautiful mountains.
Flowers growing out of the rock close to the top.
On our way back down. I don’t know if you can tell, but I kind of feel like I might not make it at this point! The way up was hard because it was so steep close to the top. Luckily walking downhill is much easier!
Our views on the way back down. This is why they are called the Smokies!
More to come!