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herd-reject-arts · 10 months

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Cade's Cove, again

Summer 2023

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seraphica · 4 months

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National Parks of the USA

Grand Canyon

Great Smokey Mountains

Joshua Tree

Denali

Everglades

By Chris Turnham [via]

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onionhorizon · 1 year

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misssammiepaige · 1 year

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"I am bound for the promised land" Copyright Samantha Paige Howard Purchase a commercial use license below https://500px.com/photo/1055994438/i-am-bound-for-the-promised-land-by-samantha-paige-howard

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dknuth · 5 months

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Road Trip to Charleston

We are going to Chris and Anne's in North Charleston, SC this year for Thanksgiving. It will be a larger crowd this year with Anne's mother and sister joining in. So we have a nearby hotel to give Cathie a respite from the crowd.

We are also driving this year. We have always flown before, but it seemed like a good time to see the country between. Besides it will be a long trip in the EV. The Ioniq is much more comfortable for long distance driving than the Prius, but it is an EV, and that adds some complexity to travel.

Planning charging is the biggest hurdle. You can't just wing it in an EV. You really need to plan out your stops in advance. We've found the best app for that to be ABRP. (A Better Route Planner) It does seem to me to be the best. But even then there is a learning curve.

So we set out with a route/charging plan from Madison to Townsend Tennessee, with an overnight in Louisville on the way.

We recharged in Chicago and then stopped to charge again in Lafayette IN. There the charger wouldn't link up with the car. When I took it off I could see that a part seemed to be missing in the socket on the car. So I assumed that was the problem. There was a Hyundai dealer close by, so we went there. They had no electric cars and could not work on them, or even look at it. The closest dealer that could was in Indianapolis, 70 miles away - further than our charge would get us. The dealer there would be closed when we arrived and said over the phone it might be 4 days before they could look at the car.

This was shaping up to be a real problem. Then a salesman from the dealer came out and suggested that we try their charger on the other side of the building. We did and it charged! Apparently, the missing part doesn't affect the charging!? So we canceled the tow and were on our way again.

The hotel in Louisville had a secret charger in the back, it was a slow charger, but fast enough to get the car charged overnight. So Friday morning we were on the road and fully charged.

We'd rented a cabin in the woods outside of Townsend and after a couple of quick charging stops we were there with no further issues.

I had never been to the Smokies and Cathie was last there as a child. So a few days there seemed worthwhile. It's well past the tourist seasons, so no crowds, but no colorful leaves on the trees either.

We are doing an old people visit, mostly driving, very little walking, and no real hiking. So we've driven a couple of loop drives. The first was the Cades Cove Loop. Cades Cove is a broad valley surrounded by mountains. In the late 1800's and early 1900's there were up to 700 people living and farming in the valley. With the creation of the park they were all bought out and moved away. Some of the houses and barns were preserved and the park service maintains the open look of the fields with controlled burns. It's a lovely area.

Even with the limited walking Cathie fell on the road when she tried to turn around and walk simultaneously. Luckily traffic moves very slowly. A woman got out of the approaching car and asked, "Are you all right honey?" When Cathie assured her she was the woman gave her a hug. We've been better at making sure she has her walking stick with her since.

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twichannel · 9 months

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Waterfall, Great Smokey Mountains, Tennessee

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yuricrispi · 10 months

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Waterfall, Great Smokey Mountains, Tennessee

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hexag-ne · 11 months

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Some pics I took during my field trip

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fashionofroyals · 1 year

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Waterfall, Great Smokey Mountains, Tennessee

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stuart-stuff · 1 year

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I was on a hike and I saw this little guy.

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expressions-of-nature · 5 months

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Blake

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reiyacchi · 2 years

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Waterfall, Great Smokey Mountains, Tennessee

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onionhorizon · 1 year

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compressionerrors · 2 years

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Waterfall, Great Smokey Mountains, Tennessee

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sleepyheadkl · 2 years

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Comic updates every Monday! Early access episodes are available on my Patreon. Patrons not only get comics content but lots of other rewards as well! https://www.patreon.com/sleepyheadkl

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libertarianproblems · 2 years

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Waterfall, Great Smokey Mountains, Tennessee

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