Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Hiking near Gatlinburg: May 4, 2012

Papa at Rainbow Falls.  We made it!
The Rainbow Falls hike was 5.4 miles round trip.  We only  made one mile per hour on the 2.7 miles up, but managed to hike down in 1.5 ours.



Sunning on a rock at Rainbow Falls





If a tree falls in the forest, and nobody is around, does the tree falling make a sound?  I  think the lesson is that it takes two to hear:  one to emit the sound waves and one to receive them.  We did not hear or see this tree fall.  Too bad!  It would have been memorable!

Papa on one of several bridges we crossed.

So green and lush!  Papa told me that the Great Smoky Mountains get about 80 inches of rain a year, qualifying the woods as a rain forest.

At Rainbow Falls, so called because at certain times of day sunlight creates a rainbow in the mist.

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