After surviving our camping experience, we made our way to our final stop on our trip, Gatlinburg, TN. We successfully avoided most of the crowds and spent most of our time in the park, hiking. Since we were in the area, and the Appalachian Trail also passes through the area, I thought it would be great to hike the Appalachian Trail. I did a bit of research and found a hike that followed the Appalachian Trail to an area known as Charlie's Bunion. It was four miles out and four miles back, so we successfully hiked "eight" miles on the Appalachian Trail. No need to mention the other 2,181 miles of trail, crossing another 13 states. I like to keep it simple and say, we hiked the Appalachian Trail. :) Probably some of the best views we had out of all our hikes.
Other than the Appalachian Trail hike, we hiked to a waterfall location that gave us the opportunity to actually stand behind the waterfall. A very unique experience, and a beautiful hike, too. In order to fuel some of our hiking, we made a stop at a place my family would visit when we were in Gatlinburg, The Apple Barn. Henry loved the apple, cinnamon donut. It was fun taking Henry to a place I remember visiting with my family.
And for the best part, pictures!!
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| View from our cabin rental. |
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| When you drink too much water during a hike, you have to hang your pants up in a tree (see background) to let them dry. You also learn Pampers are excellent at picking up leaves. |
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| Family photo at Charlie's Bunion. |
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Henry just hanging out on a cliff, enjoying the view.
No need to panic, Ryan was standing in front of him the entire time. |
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| Waterfall hike. |
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| The Apple Barn. |
If you would like to see the other photos from our time in Gatlinburg, click on the link below:
Happy Thanksgiving!
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