I can also recall the gravel road and the parking lot. But the pine trees in particular because I was keeping a keen eye out for black bears hiding amongst them. I was ready to drink directly out of Abrams Creek on the way back – which is not recommended, by the way.īut I also remember the wildflowers and the way the pine trees nestled along the side of the mountain. I remember a lot of that hike, partially because we were a tad underprepared. “Man, I don’t know,” I told him between panting breaths. That is until a fellow traveler seeking natural beauty and possessing a little too much of an inquisitive mind asked me where the University of Tennessee was located. I was wearing a brand new, gray University of Tennessee T-shirt for the occasion. We set off to drive the Cades Cove Loop and took the Abrams Falls Trail to see a waterfall.
So we found ourselves on a beautiful spring day going to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Therefore Joe really wanted to impress us when we came down on spring break for a visit to scope out the area. Worry about how the new family is going to adjust to another major life change? Check.
Separation from a new family you’re really just getting to know? Check. I’m sure I didn’t think about it then, but today I’m old now enough that I can imagine the stress he faced. It was our second major move in three years. Joe’s job transferred him in the middle of the school year down to Maryville. I was a 14-year-old freshman about to leave his friends and family in Southern Indiana to follow his stepdad down to East Tennessee.
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