Because they don't allow dogs in the Smokies, I post this photo for Scout, who will be missing out on all the fun.
What would the world be, once bereft of wet and wildness?
Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
-- Gerard Manley Hopkins
Thursday, July 14, 2005
wilderness
In celebration of the fact that I can, I'm heading to the Smokies tomorrow for a couple of days with Eartha and Zack. I'm meeting them at around midnight at Big Creek campground, which is tucked back in the hills off highway 40 near Asheville, so if any Asheville folks read this please do not hesitate to call and join. It will probably rain, but rain puts hair on your chest. Unless you're female. Nevermind.