08.02.08 Goodbye Moderate Temperatures And Green Stuff
I’m leaving Tennessee for Arizona this morning (see Tour Page for details). I’ve been charged by my seven year-old with the task of taking a picture of a cactus while I’m away. But she’s half-hearted about it, knowing that the perfect cactus specimen is no match for what we just left in Cherokee National Park.
We spent four days in - seriously - the most beautiful little slice of earth I’ve ever walked. Greens that look fake in photographs. The canopy of trees overhead was so dense the space we played on underneath was a cool and dim dusk no matter what time of day.
A creek ran behind our small wooden cabin - the easy trickle and miscellaneous woodland bug sounds made a nap possible and downright tempting anytime of day. Sure, there was rain off and on everyday but it kept us cool and gave us big people an excuse to come out of the woods and sit a spell on the porch with a cold plastic cup of sweet tea.
I will miss you, Tennessee.
keith said:
Take me to another place.
Laura said:
Those pictures are just beautiful! Glad you all enjoyed your vacation!
Amy @ My Friend Amy said:
I live in Southern California, but grew up in St. Louis.
I miss greenery daily. There is something so soothing about it to the eye and something so harsh bout the constant brown. Don’t get me wrong, there are things to love about every place, but I miss the green.
Last year, I went to the Costa Rica rainforest and could not stop taking pictures. I have tons of pictures of...trees.
Angela said:
SO beautiful. So, so beautiful. It reminds me of growing up camping in Oregon. I miss green. Central California isn’t that green right now. Or ever. So I’ll gawk at pictures on other people’s blogs and pretend. =^)
ToilingAnt said:
Gorgeous. Eastern Tennessee is, imho, the 2nd most beautiful place in the world.
Shaun Groves said:
Second most? What’s the most?
said:
I’m from Minnesota, and I’ve never wanted to live anywhere else but here until I visited Sedona, Arizona. It is the most beautiful place I have been, granted I haven’t been to whole lot of places, I think the most exotic place I’ve been is a coffeehouse in Amsterdam. Still having said that, there is something so Godly about the redrock formations in Sedona. And then as you take Oak Creek Canyon up to Flagstaff you are amazed at how God placed everything. Oak Creek Canyon is this beautiful green oasis in the middle of dust and heat. I’m waiting for God to call me to Arizona on a permanent basis.
Bonny said:
Those Photos Of Canopies of Eastern TN TREES,reminded me Of Visiting Redwood Forests in DEL NORTE-NORTHERN California! What Amazingly TALL & Wide(in The Girth)-Majestic Towering Trees ! Glacier National Park is Lovely Too,If You Like Looking at Mountain Peaks,As Are All The National Parks in Washington,Wyoming,Oregon & California! (Wishing the COST of Gasoline Would Plummet SOON So More of Us Can Enjoy GOD’S Wonderful Scenery & CREATIONS ! We all Need VACATIONS often To Renew Our Spirits- :0 Thanks For Caring & Sharing-Shaun- We APPRECIATE The EFFORT ! Bonny S.
Fairings said:
Great pictures! What a great vacation to spend with the family, certainly a good outdoor experience!