Chapter 17

It was mid-day before we reached an area of the Smoky Mountains that we felt was the right place. There was a tiny town about an hour off the highway that was “homey”. The town rented cabins to tourist and since it was in the middle of the mountain side, they attracted a lot of them. We were fortunate enough to get on with two bedrooms for a week stay. We didn’t know how long we would stay here but they offered a discount so we took it and decided to stay. The cabin was built in the last ten years so it was pretty modern. It had a traditional wooden log theme covering every furniture with wolf, moose and bear animal decorative fabrics coating the couch, window curtains and throw pillows. A stone fire place stood to the right and passed the living room was a large kitchen that opened to a smaller balcony. It looked over the hill top and we were at the top of the canopy. Tall American Beech and Yellow Birch trees were scattered with Sugar Maples, Wild Cherry and many other trees cover