Zippidy Do Dah

As we were eating breakfast this morning (I think I'm ODing on cinnamon rolls), we struck up a conversation with a local boy-an engineer with the TVA- and he wanted to know if we'd been to the Red River Canyon which was only an hour away. Since we have no agenda it was OFF WE GO and it was terrific. The falls, the drive and the quaint little towns we drove through were quite an experience. 

And then it was on up the road to Great Smoky Mountain National park. We (and several thousand tourists) were here to enjoy the fall colors. The going is slow but the views are amazing and we wandered around the old cabins and tried to imagine what life was like here 150 years ago. I think this mountain cabin says it all.