NC-10-07 pictures by spock8113

NC01.jpg Welcome to Bryson City, NC - home of the Smokey Mountain Railroad. image by spock8113

NC04.jpg Lost Sea Caverns in Tennessee.       http://www.thelostsea.com/home.htm image by spock8113

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NC06.jpg Taken in almost complete dark with Nightshot. You can see the &amp;quot;sturdy&amp;quot; walkways through parts of the caverns. image by spock8113

NC07.jpg The caverns were used by Civil War soldiers from the south to get chemicals to make gunpowder. The soldiers used their torches to write on the cave walls. image by spock8113

NC08.jpg When the Civil War was over, the cave was turned into a nightclub where they made their own &amp;quot;moonshine&amp;quot; whiskey. image by spock8113

NC09.jpg This is looking back to the dock as we float across the &amp;quot;Lost Sea&amp;quot; at the bottom of the caverns. image by spock8113

NC10.jpg The Lost Sea was about 20 feet lower due to the drought. image by spock8113

NC22.jpg Meanwhile back at the cabin....................................... image by spock8113

NC23.jpg A day of driving around to check out the colors and scenery. image by spock8113

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NC26.jpg The Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC) is one of a few places where Olympic Kayakers can train. image by spock8113

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NC29.jpg Great Smoky Mountain Nat&#039;l Park ride through. image by spock8113

NC30.jpg Klingman&#039;s Dome looking east, 6,000 feet high. image by spock8113

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NC33.jpg Acid rain, insects and pollution are taking their toll on the forests, yet new growth continues to fill in. image by spock8113

NC40.jpg then we spent a day ATV&#039;ing around the mountain. This is a family member&#039;s lot. image by spock8113

NC41.jpg Hill&#039;n&#039;dale........................ image by spock8113

NC42.jpg That&#039;s my B.I.L. and I took these while riding along. image by spock8113

NC43.jpg Very steep but what a blast! ever see Steve McQueen in the Great Escape? image by spock8113

NC44.jpg They quarry landscaping rocks nearby. You can see the rope that someone climbs to hammer away at the rockface. The bundled rock is in the lower left. image by spock8113

NC45.jpg View from the cabin deck. That&#039;s Clingman&#039;s Dome, the tallest mountain. image by spock8113

NC46.jpg I couldn&#039;t focus close enough, but that&#039;s a stick bug that happened along. image by spock8113

NC47.jpg We had a full moon on one night and I was quick enough to get the camera and tripod out. image by spock8113

NC48.jpg This is a time lapse shot actually taken in complete darkness. image by spock8113

NC50.jpg Last picture, time lapse, of clouds going past the moon (yes, that&#039;s the moon) and the cabin peak. image by spock8113