The Smoky Hot Mtns

Trip Start Jul 22, 2005
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Trip End Aug 20, 2005


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Wednesday, July 27, 2005

We spent the day in Great Smoky Mountain National Park. The heat wave continued today, and the heat made the sky hazy so that when we walked to the top of Klingman's Dome - at over 6,000ft the highest point in the park - there wasn't a whole lot you could see. We had been planning on spending most of the day hiking but because of the heat we just hiked a 2 mile trail to a waterfall. Along the way we noticed a girl playing a curious instrument made from a soda can, a piece of wood and a guitar string. Once we heard the name of this instrument, a "canjo," we were doubly intrigued.

That night we camped in the park and finally succeeded in building a fire, toasting marshmellows and making smores. We finished the entire bag of marshmellows and ate all of the chocolate leaving us satisfied and content not to eat a smore for a long, long time.
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