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Great Smoky Mountains

Big Creek Trail - part 2



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Mouse Creek Falls




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Setting up on the bank across from the falls




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Mouse Creek Falls from another angle




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Further up Big Creek




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Bridge over the creek




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Looking upstream from the bridge




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Below the bridge...




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We started looking for a lunch spot as we headed back.




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This place looked good!




Big Creek
We had a beautiful view as we ate lunch.




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Yum, looks like leftover pizza...




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Sycamore bark




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The foliage along this entire hike was awesome.




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Cascades on Big Creek




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Creek bed rocks and leaves




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Big Creek




Leaf_rock
I liked how this leaf had fallen on the rock...




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Leaf-covered trail




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Boulders along the trail
This is near the faint trail that climbs up to the Rock House





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Rock House, as I approached from below




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The Rock House




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More huge boulders cover the slope above the Rock House




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Almost back...




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A last foliage shot as we return to the trail head.




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Trail sign
There was a lot of beauty packed into such a short-distance hike!





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