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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 71847" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Fran, I know EXACTLY what you mean! </p><p></p><p>I live in the western part of Middle Tennessee and what we have here is more big rolling hills as opposed to the real mountains like you'll see in East Tennessee. It's really pretty here too, especially in the fall when the leaves turn, but nothing compared to East Tennessee and the Smokies! We went that way to go to my daughters' wedding in S. Carolina a few years ago and again last year at Christmas. And I think that whole area, from Knoxville, TN to Ashville, NC is probably the most beautiful place I've ever seen! It's absolutely breathtaking! I can't imagine how gorgeous it must all be in the Fall when the leaves are turning! It probably won't be as pretty this year because it's been so hot and so dry that a lot of the trees are losing their leaves already, just turning brown and falling off. </p><p></p><p>Did you happen to notice, waaaay up on the sides of the cliffs, the stuff that looks like netting stretched across? I think it's really chain link fence material. It's to keep the big rocks and boulders from falling down into the roadway ... what a comforting thought! Did you go the way where there is a tunnel you have to drive through? When we were approaching the tunnel, my son, true to form, whipped out his cell phone, quickly dialed up a friend, and was yelling, "CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?" while we drove through! And no, they couldn't! It might have been that half-mile of solid rock that was surrounding us at the time! :blush:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 71847, member: 1883"] Fran, I know EXACTLY what you mean! I live in the western part of Middle Tennessee and what we have here is more big rolling hills as opposed to the real mountains like you'll see in East Tennessee. It's really pretty here too, especially in the fall when the leaves turn, but nothing compared to East Tennessee and the Smokies! We went that way to go to my daughters' wedding in S. Carolina a few years ago and again last year at Christmas. And I think that whole area, from Knoxville, TN to Ashville, NC is probably the most beautiful place I've ever seen! It's absolutely breathtaking! I can't imagine how gorgeous it must all be in the Fall when the leaves are turning! It probably won't be as pretty this year because it's been so hot and so dry that a lot of the trees are losing their leaves already, just turning brown and falling off. Did you happen to notice, waaaay up on the sides of the cliffs, the stuff that looks like netting stretched across? I think it's really chain link fence material. It's to keep the big rocks and boulders from falling down into the roadway ... what a comforting thought! Did you go the way where there is a tunnel you have to drive through? When we were approaching the tunnel, my son, true to form, whipped out his cell phone, quickly dialed up a friend, and was yelling, "CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?" while we drove through! And no, they couldn't! It might have been that half-mile of solid rock that was surrounding us at the time! [img]:blush:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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