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~ FALL 2010 PHOTOS ~ Great Smoky Mountains |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2010) |
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~ FALL 2010 PHOTOS ~ Great Smoky Mountains |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2010) |
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| Mouse Creek Falls |
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| Setting up on the bank across from the falls |
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| Mouse Creek Falls from another angle |
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| Further up Big Creek |
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| Bridge over the creek |
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| Looking upstream from the bridge |
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| Below the bridge... |
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| We started looking for a lunch spot as we headed back. |
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| This place looked good! |
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| We had a beautiful view as we ate lunch. |
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| Yum, looks like leftover pizza... |
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| Sycamore bark |
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| The foliage along this entire hike was awesome. |
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| Cascades on Big Creek |
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| Creek bed rocks and leaves |
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| Big Creek |
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| I liked how this leaf had fallen on the rock... |
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| Leaf-covered trail |
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| Boulders along the trail This is near the faint trail that climbs up to the Rock House |
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| Rock House, as I approached from below |
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| The Rock House |
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| More huge boulders cover the slope above the Rock House |
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| Almost back... |
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| A last foliage shot as we return to the trail head. |
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| Trail sign There was a lot of beauty packed into such a short-distance hike! |