Smoky Mountains - wow!

We spent a couple days in the Smoky Mountains this past week. I've never seen the mountains from so up high. The house was so far away from roads and people that the only sound we heard was the wind in the trees. Occasionally there were distant crows but mostly just wind in trees.

The first time I stood on the deck, I was surprised that tears fell down my cheeks. Tears? What for? I was strangely moved and couldn't tell why. The tears fell unchecked and I struggled to figure out what moved me so deeply. I actually wept.

I praised God for his magnificent handiwork. The vastness of the mountains seemed to say "I AM here. I AM here."

The house was built on a shelf cut into the side of the mountain in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Behind the house, the stone hillside disappeared into forest.







Fall is coming to the mountains. Already there are reds and golds sprinkled around. We're going back in a couple weeks to enjoy the autumn colors.

This photo is a lone maple leaf, fallen on the lichen-laced hillside behind the house.



I'm glad we have an opportunity to go back to the mountain house so soon. I shall savor every second of the supreme splendor. Truly magnificent.