ROCKY TOP!!

Before my sister Melissa (right) and her friend Sara (left) departed on Sunday this last weekend, we drove to the Foothills Parkway and got to see the "hills" at their peak color. The top of the mountain at Clingman's Dome had already lost the leaves and it actually snowed there last week. As I explained to them, the Foothills are the "hills" at the "foot" of the Smokies. Clingman's dome is the top of the Smokies and the highest peak in the 1/3 left-most of this picture. The Blue-ridge runs behind the Smokies and is off to the right behind the colored trees. Townsend is the small green pasture area at the bottom of the hills'.