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Aug. 29, 2014

8/29/2014

 
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Both photos today are examples of what you'd see if you were sitting in a rocking chair on the corner of our office porch.
Good afternoon to all of you High on LeConte readers.  I'm a little tardy posting this afternoon, but we had to load llamas and I've been making some advance preparations for what I anticipate will be a busy Labor Day weekend.  I hope you all have a great one.

I'm writing on a gorgeous day at the lodge.  We've been looking up at lovely cumulus clouds floating across the sky.  To date, we haven't been swallowed by one and have seen much sun.

Thursday proved a pretty day until the clouds rolled in mid-afternoon.  Just before crew supper at 5 p.m., the dining room grew quite dark and the skies opened for a real frog-strangling rain.  We ended up with a couple of heavy showers around supper and more rain overnight for a total of 1.19 inches (to be honest, I expected the rain gauge to read more than that).  Thursday's high reached 73 degrees with a low of 53.  The 73-degree reading marks the hottest day since July 29 and is just shy of the the 74-degree season high.

Speaking of frogs, the big rain didn't strangle all of them.  While doing chores this morning I saw the biggest frog I've ever seen at the lodge.  This puddle-jumper was big as a grapefruit.  Truth be known, we usually don't see many frogs at all.  We do hear them often in the evenings, as part of our LeConte classical concerts.
  This big specimen didn't do any singing while I was around, but if he did, I expect he'd sound like Tennessee Ernie Ford.

When I hiked up earlier this week, I turned the corner at Inspiration Point and looked back at the peaks behind.  In this time of year, the vegetation has maxed out lush and verdant.  It won't be long before autumn takes over (it has already begun in subtle ways at the lodge
).  However, now those peaks behind Inspiration Point rise so green it looks like a burglar has hit Elvis Presley's Graceland on the other end of our fine state and draped a massive swath of the pilfered shag carpet from his "Jungle Room" over the mountains.

I hope you'll have a chance to come up and see us this weekend.  Happy trails.

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Jarrett Morgan link
8/29/2014 10:03:49 am

If it is like Labor Day every where else I bet it will be packed. I hope it goes well and there is plenty of fun to be had at the lodge.

Marilyn
8/29/2014 10:58:32 am

Nathan, thank you for the two breathtaking pics. I had double knee surgery a week ago and am recuperating and the blog and pics have done wonders to keep me in a positive frame of mind since I'll be missing my regular overnighter in Sept. So looking forward to bringing these new knees up there next year!

doug y link
8/29/2014 01:25:08 pm

Hey Marilyn: I'm getting a new knee next week. Do we now qualify for the "Royal Order of the Crutch" ?

Marilyn
8/30/2014 01:40:48 am

Doug, yes I guess it does. I'm headed home in about 30 minutes and will do outpatient therapy. Good luck with your surgery. I'll be getting my staples out the day you have surgery. I know you'll be glad to have it done..I can really tell the difference when I go up and down the stairs ...no pain other than sore calf muscles. Awesome! Keep us posted on how you do.

doug y link
8/30/2014 06:56:32 am

Sounds like you're doing well with your recovery; that's good. My surgeon will be using surgical glue rather than staples which pleases me. I am looking forward to tackling those stairs, and even more so getting back out on the trails ! Maybe I won't be called "Slowwalker" any more ! G'day


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