It's time for Outdoor Wednesday hosted by Susan at
A Southern Daydreamer. Be sure and visit her to see all the wonderful posts!
I didn't make any of my pictures smaller, so they will all probably be cut off on the right. Please click the picture if you want the full view!!!
After we dropped our younger daughter off at college, DH & I headed for the NC mountains. We thought it would be a nice buffer before coming home to our newly empty nest.
We stayed at Deep Creek Campground in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park outside of Bryson City, NC. It was beautiful and the weather was great!!!
Here was the view from our campsite right on Deep Creek.
Chimneys picnic area is right on the Pigeon River in the National Park.
On the way to Balsam Mountain, we saw this herd of elk!
Then on the way to Clingman's Dome, we saw this bear. (We were in our car or it would have been scary instead of exciting!)
And of course there were fruits and flowers.
This trip was my husband's idea and I will say it was an excellent one!!!!
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A Southern Daydreamer. :D Jewel
This was the view from Newfound Gap Overlook.
Here is a shot through the hemlock trees of our picnic site at Chimney Picnic Area.
In such a setting any food tastes good!
We always use my red and white tablecloth that I ordered from The Vermont Country Store in the early 1980's. It has really held up well! And we got this picnic basket in the early 80's also.
At night we had several candlelit dinners-
A meal of bratwurst and German Potato Salad prepared over an open fire!
As you can see, Randy helped!
We visited Cades Cove in the Park and saw a wild turkey and toured the preserved and operational grist mill.
We had a great trip to officially end our summer! Now I am looking forward to gearing up for Fall Decorating!
Two "plugs" before I go -
Audrey Eclectic is having a wonderful give-away off her beautiful folk art at her blog! Please visit her here :AudreyEclectic.
Also - my daughter Emily and I have started a hat making business and Etsy Shop called The Chapeau Chateau. Emily started a blog about it here - TheChapeauChateau and you can visit our shop here The Chapeau Chateau.
Lastly, I am linking to Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday!
