I go out of town for half a day and the whole blog falls apart–literally. I inadvertently let my account with the hosting company lapse yesterday. So if you stopped by and didn’t find anything here, that was the reason.
Yesterday afternoon I went to the mountains. Would you believe that in the dozens of trips I’ve made to the Smokies over the years, I have never hiked up Mount Leconte? I went up the Alum Cave Bluff trail. Not the easiest five-mile climb, but I made it without incident. Wow, what a spectacular view! I’ll post some pictures soon.