I know I promised to blog at every campsite but we are just staying so busy. We left Cheoah for Kentucky by driving straight through the smokey mountains national park. We stopped at Mingo falls on the Cherokee reservation. I had researched the falls before we left on our trip and read that there was very little parking. I suggested to the driver that we unhook the jeep while we were in town. BUT being much older and wiser than me, he said it would be ok to leave the jeep attached. Oh my!
First we missed the turn to the falls and of course could not back up so we drove several miles down the tiny highway looking for a place to turn around. We finally found a campground that looked something like what I THOUGHT was a scene from the movie Deliverance. Then we headed back to mingo falls turnoff. Immediately we saw that there was no place to park or turn around at the falls so we turned into the campground to the left that actually was a scene from the movie. These little trailers had been there for 40 to 50 years and there were blue tarps covering their roofs. So we drove through the campground and down the road but could find no place to turn around. Finally I convinced my loving husband to unhook. He then backed down back into the campground and I found a rather normal looking man to let us back into his site to turn around. We finally made it to the falls that were worth every bit of trouble. 130 steps straight up and then a short walk on a very rough terrain to see the tallest waterfall around.
We did have success in finding a nice campground on the river that we will visit next summer. There are many waterfalls in the area that I look forward to visiting in the future.
From there we headed through and just outside of the national park and stopped for the night before heading to Kentucky. We were so tired and had no idea where we would stay when I saw a sign for Escapees, a park membership we belong to, and we were settled in before dark.
Peace to all my family and friends, Barbara
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