Day Three of the Family Trip

April 25th- Whitewater Falls, in Southwest North Carolina. One of the largest waterfalls East of the Mississippi River.
View from the falls. We really lucked out on beautiful weather the whole trip. From there, the drive to Georgia was really short and we were hoping to hike Brasstown Bald--the clouds were moving in and the park was closed because the Tour de Georgia bike race was being held the next morning. They had to truck in all the Johnny on the Spots...and didn't want people in the way. There was a nice forest ranger who told us we could go and showed us where the trailhead was. It was a good 6 mile hike. Compared to out West, these mountains...well, they probably wouldn't call them that in the first place, but when you've been out at sea level, living on a beach, it sure is a good exercise.

After the hike, we drove a little ways up to the Great Smokey National Park. It was so so beautiful! There were tons of professional photographers, with all their nice gear, taking shots. We feel pretty lucky with our little camera that we could catch the breathtaking sunset as we said goodnight to another great day. We see why they call them the "smokies" ...these clouds move in fast. At the top of Clingman's Dome, it was windy and a little chilly. Cai and I bundled up (you can see the sockies on his hands) to get a better look at the sunset, by the time we got to the top, it was completely clouded in.