There were lots of options for continued hiking, and we
consulted our trail guide, but we kept taking wrong turns to continue on the
trail to the other two waterfalls. We ended-up backtracking and taking a
different route to the other two falls, which was basically walking a gravel
road that was once used for driving, so not much of a “hike,” rather a “walk.”
and continued (past lots of children, strollers, and people
in sandals, re-emphasizing the lack of a “hike”) onto the Indian Creek
Falls, which were nice as
well. Nice waterfalls, no doubt, but a
very different outing than originally planned.
We also decided that today was shower day! We are drycamping
at Deep Creek Campground and are pretty good on water consumption, but if we
don’t have to take military showers, we won’t. There are hot, clean, $3 showers
just past the park entrance, so there we went and it was a great way to spend
$6!
After getting all clean, we decide to meander the town of Bryson City, the town
just outside the Deep Creek area of the Great Smoky’s National Park. It isn’t a big town, no doubt, but plenty of
restaurants that serve (newly) squeaky-clean people like us, so we tried the
Bryson City Cork & Bean Restaurant.
Bryson City Cork & Bean used to be a coffee and wine shop, but
expanded to dining a few years ago –Suzanne had a wonderful chicken, pesto,
gouda, avocado crepe; Brad had a hamburger – way to bust out of your shell and
eat something different, Brad! :-)
Oh, when we were hiking we passed a swarm of butterflies –
took a few tries, but we were able to get one decent photo, but it doesn’t do
justice to the deep blues & turquoise colors on the wings.
Easy and affordable - no matter where you are!
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