Tim hosting at "Trivers."
After church we had a delicious lunch provided by the Bubar's. Then we headed "the park." Which is apparently what the locals call the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We were IN the Smoky Mountains!
Actual signage!
What's great about the Park is that it's free! If I lived in the area I would go here every weekend! With so many different trails it would take days to hike them all! Esther and I chose to go up the Chimney Tops Trail.
A pretty steep path at points, not this point in particular.
Entire body sweat means you're working hard I guess...
The end of the trail ended in scaling this rock to get to the very top.
This is very much a staged picture.
By the time I made it up to the top to meet Esther (I had sent her ahead of me because I'm basically a sloth) it started raining. We assumed it would continue so we really only had time to take some pictures before starting down. Rocks get slippery when wet and we wanted to avoid any serious injuries.
A kind stranger took our picture. Made it to the top!
We very awkwardly slid down this to get to the bottom of the rock wall...
Once we were done it took us longer than anticipated (read: I was incredibly slow) so we didn't have time to check out any other trails. We did the drive back to Knoxville working out way through AnnE of Green Gables. I think we'll be on the second book today!
We had pizza and great company for dinner. The Bubar's and the Borners are great families! I'm so glad I got to see the former and truly meet the latter.
Maps are like, super cool, bro.
Today we'll head to Bedford, IN to see Jami's parents! Wahoo!
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