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# Autumn Love
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My sister and her boyfriend invited me to go on a trip with them to the Smoky
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Mountains. This is great, because I hadn't previously planned a hiking trip to
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the eastern half of the country, so having someone else pay for a hotel there
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so we can go on a hiking trip sounded like a great deal and I am very thankful
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I got to go here.
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It was a long drive, but it was worth it. We initially arrived in Pigeon Forge
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to eat and stay for the night. Quite frankly I did not enjoy Pigeon Forge. I
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like to travel to rural areas and escape the crowds, but this town was
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basically a huge and very busy theme park. I'm sure many people enjoy this town
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but it wasn't really for me. But it wasn't the focus of our trip anyways. We
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came to hike, and hike we did, even though the trails were very busy and we had
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trouble parking.
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The next morning we headed into Smoky Mountains National Park. I don't remember
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the names of the trails we went on, but in addition to some extravagant fall
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colors, we got to see some lovely rivers and waterfalls. They were fun hikes,
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and were uphill enough to give us a workout. My sister's dog had a great time
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on these trails too. We hiked a river trail after the first day, and before we
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left the state, we also went to see Cherokee Lake.
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Cherokee Lake was accessible from a hiking trailhead near a neighborhood. We
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traversed a pretty big segment of it's shoreline, and at one point found some
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heavily eroded rocks that reminded me of [the Bisti
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badlands](https://helixnebula.space/Bisti/). The water levels seemed like they
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were much lower than what they used to be.
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At one point we drove up to an overlook that had a great view of Gatlinburg. I
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don't remember all of the trip because it was quite a long time ago and I never
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wrote about it, but I did enjoy it. If I ever go back myself, I intend to stay
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a lot longer than we did that time.
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