Enjoyed this! I grew up in those mountains and now I live in Vermont. I have spent time all around where you were. I'm seriously missing the Smoky Mountains and trying to find a way to move back, those ponderings hit close to home! Felt the trees you described, miss the diversity so much. I try to explain this place to Vermonters but they can't seem to fathom another place being as beautiful. Sometimes it feels like they think they invented autumn beauty.
Also, my heart stopped when the cops came, but have also had a similar outcome at the Holly Springs National Forest in Mississippi.
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing this. I've spent a lot of time in Appalachia, living there at different points in my life. I didn't appreciate it enough while I was there.
Enjoyed this! I grew up in those mountains and now I live in Vermont. I have spent time all around where you were. I'm seriously missing the Smoky Mountains and trying to find a way to move back, those ponderings hit close to home! Felt the trees you described, miss the diversity so much. I try to explain this place to Vermonters but they can't seem to fathom another place being as beautiful. Sometimes it feels like they think they invented autumn beauty.
Also, my heart stopped when the cops came, but have also had a similar outcome at the Holly Springs National Forest in Mississippi.
I enjoyed this so much! Makes me want to go somewhere new and just sit in the woods. Also I’m so curious about the scary hitch story…
hey thanks! maybe one day i’ll relax that policy. only if i can do it justice though
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing this. I've spent a lot of time in Appalachia, living there at different points in my life. I didn't appreciate it enough while I was there.
Thanks for reading! I think it’s always hard to appreciate a place until you’ve left and returned a few times.