[Jennifer]  Hi!  Just a quick note to share some photos from a quick Labor Day camping trip Adan and I took this past weekend.  (Or, more accurately, the Great Let’s-get-the-heck-out-of-Downtown-before-Boomsday Exodus.)
Adan found a great site on the western border of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, just a few miles outside of Maryville, TN.  
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Was that a bear?
My Dad loaned us a camping stove (THANKS, DAD!), and we made an old classic for dinner.  Proximity of the car in the background of this photo underscores the extent to which this was true dump camping.
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Dinner delight: vegan kielbasa, green pepper, pineapple, + rice
The site was right along Abrams Creek.  We got to explore a bit and went for a very easy hike.  We saw flowers that are a shade of red that feels like it’s burning a hole in your retina if you stare too long.  
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My eyes!!
What did kitty do while we were away?  Pretended her people were coming back soon to play more string game.
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Did not miss them at all.