Posts Tagged ‘Great Smoky Mountains National Park’
Sabbatical Journey #12
May 20th, 2008 by pastorscott
Camping UnpluggedWe had never tested our Casita’s dry camping ability, so our three night stay at Elkmont was an uncertain one. The report card comes out pretty good. On the third evening we ran out of fresh water. Even though we ran out of water, if we were careful we still had [...]
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Sabbatical Journey #11
May 20th, 2008 by pastorscott
May 18We’ve been dry camping in the national park in one of the most beautiful spots imaginable. However, last night we ran out of water. I have carried some water back to the camper to get us through another night but we’ll move back out to civilization tomorrow. We won’t be in [...]
Tags: camping, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, sabbatical leave
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Sabbatical Journey #10
May 20th, 2008 by pastorscott
May 17 With the sun shining and things warming up nicely, we drove into Gatlinburg and then up another park road. It is a beautiful drive and we stopped to hike a mile and a half up to Grotto Falls. What a gorgeous spot. We sat and ate a snack and soaked up [...]
Tags: camping, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Grotto Falls, sabbatical leave
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Sabbatical Journey #9
May 20th, 2008 by pastorscott
May 17 Yesterday we moved from the Ela campground near Bryson City, NC over the top of the mountains to the Gatlinburg, TN side of the Smokies. We are now in the Elkmont camp in GSMNP. That means there are no hookups and it also means that we are about as beautiful a camping [...]
Tags: Elkmont, Gatlinburg, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, sabbatical leave
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