This past September, 2010, I went on a trip to the Smoky Mountains with my beautiful daughter, Amy and embarked on an adventure I'll soon not forget.
We had no special plans in mind other than to stay in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, finally deciding on hiking by day and shopping, eating and relaxing at night time. Little did I know, I would be fighting the worst case of a sinus infection that I ever had in my life, the whole time!
I learned so much from my daughter those days, from pitching a tent, how to stay on trails, to keep an eye out for bears, how to spot poison ivy and to just enjoy the moment! We saw deer, wild turkeys, birds, a most tiny creature called a shrew, and all that praying must have worked, because we never did see a bear!
What a spectacular place those many hundred acres are, a truly amazing natural splendor, called the Smoky Mountains that I totally recommend people make a point of visiting!
