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| First stop...Appomattox Court House...perfect field trip for our Classical Conversations memory work this year! |
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| Beautiful farmhouse...perfect weather...grateful... |
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| Cades Cove Primitive Baptist Church |
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| John Cable Grist Mill -- Cades Cove |
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| So excited! I literally had prayed on our way up to this spot near Rainbow Falls that God might be delighted to give us "a great bear experience". He did!!! Sooooo thankful!!! We had the privilege of a mother bear and her cub lumber in front of our car the night before, but I couldn't get any good photos of them. I grew up travelling to national parks and getting up early to look for wildlife...the tradition continues... |
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| Waterfall near the Sugarlands Visitor Center after a ranger-led short hike... We spent the nights at a hotel in nearby Gatlinburg... |
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| He's coming down! At this time of the year, the bears are trying to fatten up on the acorns, and wild berries and grapes that grow on vines in the tops of these trees. |
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| The sun is starting to set as we hike down from Laurel Falls. A black bear had crossed the trail just before we rounded a curve and we could barely see him in the brush below. |
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| McLean House -- General Lee surrendered to General Grant in this house, not in the nearby courthouse as many people misunderstand. This is a beautiful small community... |
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| He is so beautiful! Thank you, Lord, for your creation! You spoke it and it came to be! |
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Next stop...Go Hokies! Back to our old stompin' grounds - Virginia Tech. My, how the campus has changed! The stadium is much larger and fancier than when Scott and I were here.  |
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