Climb Every Mountain...ok, maybe just one

A few days after the great flood, we went to Gatlinburg with some friends of ours. Dan, our good friend, was turning 30, so we went to a cabin in East Tennessee to celebrate. The main event was hiking in the Smokey Mountains. We hiked up Chimney Top, which was about a 3 hour hike. This was my first mountain hike! Since Garth was a boy scout, he'd done it several time before.

Here's our group heading up the trail.


Jan and Dan pose on the bridge.

Bridget, Chris and Baby Tennyson. Tennyson was only 8 weeks old during the trip! I was impressed that Chris hiked the whole way with her in tow.

Here's a better picture of her. Isn't she cute in her hat?

And here's another picture of Tennyson in the car. What a sweet girl!

Garth showing his serious thinker and rock star poses on the bridge.

The babbling brook below.

So pretty!

Once we got to the top of the mountain, we saw this cute little squirrel. It was really friendly!

Dan makes it to the top!

After some encouraging, we decide to climb up the rock face to make it to the top. We're glad we did! What a view!

Here's one of the pictures from the top. Those streaks in the photo is the road down at the bottom of the mountain.

A panoramic view from the top of the mountain. It was so peaceful up there!

Our group at the top (minus Bridget and Tennyson).

After taking in the view for a while, we had to climb back down.

It was a great trip. Thank you for having us, Jan and Dan!