Already Planning my Return to Cades Cove -- Side Trip to Tennessee

Oh so pretty! Such a beautiful place four hours from Atlanta. Here are some photographs. We drove the 11 mile loop in Cades Cove in a couple hours, but I could have taken 11 hours... for sure. I can't wait to camp there and photograph with more time.

More to Big South Fork than the Trails

The park is host to hundreds of sandstone arches. Visit the National Park Service's page on  Big South Fork to learn more. On the left, I pulled this photograph out of my previous visit, published it and am adding to my Etsy shop. It is titled Path.

I like this pretty Fall image because it is about the path into the forest. Where are you going? I know exactly where I am heading with my art... I am just not sure how many turns I will make. This photograph is of one of the twin arches located in Big South Fork Recreation Area in Tennessee. I am preparing photographs to send to a store in the area.

I am also sending Sup, below, to the store, which was one of my very  first published images. It is available in my Etsy shop and as notecards too. I think I will travel back to the park this Fall for more photographs. These images are both for sale (along with several others) at The Hitching Post in Jamestown, Tennessee.

Big South Fork National Recreation Area All about Horses

Just back from Tennessee. We rode horses with Southeastern Pack Rides from Jamestown into the Big South Fork National Recreation Area. The park covers 125,000 acres in Kentucky and Tennessee and has 180 miles of horse trail. Our guide, Kristi, took us down the Cumberland Valley Look and to the Laurel Fork Overlook. Nearby we ate our picnic lunch and had a quick swim in the river.

It was fun, and one of the few times all three children enjoyed a difficult activity without complaint. It was a long hard ride, but we all loved trotting and galloping so much, that we put up with the bruises and heat. Below is our picnic site and to the left my horse, Captain. The kids rode  Romeo, Dickson and Rusty.  Other activities available in the park include: camping,  hiking, mountain biking, paddling, hunting and fishing.

P. S. I have tried to shoot photographs from a horse in the past, and it's too wiggly. I suggest you wait until your feet are back on the ground.

Back to Tennessee

Mileage 276

Like Billy Ray Cyrus sings we made our way back to Tennessee today.This song is in The Hanna Montana Movie, which I saw twice when Disney released it.I viewed it two times because I wanted all of my children to see the film. It is a great show about the importance of family, love, visiting relatives, decisions, priorities and career. Hanna had to make decisions in the show about what was really important.

Everytime I see her and am reminded that it is also amazing that she is so successful at 16. This is a lesson for both children and adults. Hanna/Miley has a huge impact with her clean, fun songs and TV show. Take a listen and buy her movie when it is released on DVD.

The Clinch river is moving, and I found a new spot to photograph, which is above. At Grandma and Grandpa's we saw many rabbits, cows, a beaver, a heron, blue birds, swallows and
at least five cats.