Deep Creek and the Cherokee Eggs

Fifty-five years of camping in the Smokies and I had never been to Deep Creek!  We took a detour on the way to the Cherokee Rally through Bryson City, NC to explore Deep Creek and decided to brave the cold and camp in the Park.  (Camping in the Smoky Mtns National Park means no hookups and no showers!)  
We knew how tough we were from our two months of winter desert camping and were fine, sleeping warm, although it was 39 degrees inside the next morning.  (It does get a little chilly when we need to get up in the middle of the night!)

Deep Creek

Tom Branch Falls

Pull through site

Welcome blue sky after a gloomy overcast day  

The next morning the cold temps drove us into town to McDonald's.  We had planned to see all three waterfalls in the area and do a little trout fishing.  Not that tough!

It was only a few miles, less than 20?, on to Happy Holiday RV Park in Cherokee, NC.  We were pleased to see all of the eggs that had already arrived.

I was anxious to meet Sharon and Ron, http://tinycamper.wordpress.com

and kept checking on the site where they were supposed to be.  Finally they arrived and I got to meet the family.  Sharon was as nice in person as she is on the blogs.  And Sheba definitely lived up to her reputation for being a handful!

Tiny Camper has introduced me to the beauty of mushrooms and these little wonders were showing their glory surrounded by campers.

I am having a dickens of a time with making my blog work this morning.....don't know if it is my ignorance or if there is something really wrong.  (Patience, Lynne, with practice you will improve!)

We enjoyed the mountains, the creek, the leaves, the weather but most of all we enjoyed the people!

One of the group summed it up by saying "These people feel more like family than family." 

I am going to close with pictures!