2022

We stuck close to home today and we hiked the Cataloochee Divide trail.  This is a trail that runs on the Cataloochee Divide which is the eastern boundry for the Smokey Mountian Park.  The Trail head is only about 1.5 miles up the mountian from the cabin as the crow flies, however it is 8…

We are staying at the Izzak Walton Inn.  The inn was built during the great days of the railroad to cater to the rail employees.  It is a train stop today with a working yard next door.  Of course every thing is train themed.  There are several rooms on the grounds that are converted rolling…

Another great day on the train.  We are just entering Calorado.  We are following the river and the sceenary has been spectacular.  I will have a lot of new pics in the train section of the gallery later.

The views you get driving around this lake are incomparable.  The one big problem is on the weekends people come from every direction.  Every available spot along the road has a car parked on it. We took a short 2.4 mile hike around an alpine lake before we left for the train.  right now we…

Well we have been stuck on the train about two hours from Portland in Rosevelt WA. Due to a broken track. We had our first night in a sleeper car last night. It was a lot better than slleping in a coach seat. We had a great time in Glacier Park. The Road to the…

The weather and or the weatherman has not been our best friend the last two days.  Yesterday the weather kept us from doing any hiking.  Today we were able to visit Lake Junaluska again and take the 4 mile trail around the lake.  The weatherman said it would rain all afternoon and at this point…