Lake Ocoee, East Tennessee

Catching our breath...

Scenic Lake Ocoee in East Tennessee

Here we are, "winding between rock bluffs and the spectacular Ocoee River gorge, past the Ocoee Whitewater Center - home to the 1996 Olympic Canoe and Kayak Slalom competitions, and into the historic copper mining towns of Ducktown and Copperhill..." Tennesseeoverhill

I-26 Storm

I-26, near Erwin, Tennessee

We tried really hard to beat this storm, but were drenched coming over the Tennessee-North Carolina stateline. The bike rose up to 4,000 feet with the metamorphic rocks to meet these massive clouds. We decided to push through and not stop. By Mars Hill at a little over 2,000 feet, we were down in elevation and the road was dry.

Rosebay Rhododendron

Beautiful Rosebay Rhododendron blooming throughout Laurels Park, Tennessee.

Limestone Cove, Tennessee

Nice campground, beautiful trees that seem to go up forever!

Great photo! Just loving the life... Seems like the world is just waiting for us to see it...

Here we are in the middle of Tennessee's stunning Unaka Mountains at Limestone Park along Indian Creek. Surrounded by lovely tall trees and lush green, next to our newly-shined bike.

"I love meeting life halfway."
~ Peter Max

Love & Main Streets

On the corner of Love and Main Streets in downtown Erwin, Tennessee, Steven expresses his delight at this perfect day...

Limestone Cove

Just off Hwy 107, here we are alongside the peaceful North Indian Creek in the Limestone Cove Recreation Area, East Tennessee...

This area was part of the Cherokee hunting grounds. In the 1800s the area was known for its ore banks, timber industry, and railroad...

Steven and his cathedral forest...

Earth & Sky

"Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books." ~ John Lubbock

East Tennessee

Lunch at another secluded picnic spot along a gentle creek with lush forest. We had the area all to ourselves.

Like the 16th century Cherokee Indians who initially explored the area, we were delighted by the beauty and spirit of this special place near the Unaka Mountain Range of East Tennessee.

Sweetest Passions

"Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man."~ Vladimir Nabokov

Butterflies everywhere... and this one paused to spread its wings for me...