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tough as iron, but a heart soft as leather.

12/16/2014

 
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Love and you shall be loved. All love is mathematically just, as much as the two sides of an algebraic equation. Emerson
Morning y'all,

It's a blustery morning up top! The high yesterday was a summery 54 degrees. It felt 70 in the sun! The overnight low got down to 35 degrees. It was 35 degrees and partly cloudy at 7am observation. The mountain received .72" of rain and with the warm temperatures, there is no more snow remaining in camp. I'd bet that a few trails still have some lingering icy spots, so be sure to pack some Microspikes and use caution in shady areas!
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Top photo: Ravens at a stormy sunset. Above: Myrtle in the sunshine!
I spent a fantastic day moseying around camp yesterday. I was rich in time and beauty, leisure reigned supreme. I read on the porch of cabin 6 in the sunshine, then headed out to Myrtle Point, High Top and Cliff Tops as the sun was settling on the seemingly forever away horizon. There were a few ravens cruising around Cliff Tops at sunset, they were the only creatures that seemed to have more joy in being than I had yesterday...
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Bobcat junction!
Brian Clements
12/16/2014 01:55:09 am

Like a fire on the mountain,
Runnin' wild in those days.

:D

doug y link
12/16/2014 02:04:52 am

I have always enjoyed Emerson's writings. But I doubt he ever encountered a "quadratic" equation !

Myrtle Point is a location I have been to far fewer times than Cliff Tops, but on my next stays at the lodge will make a definite effort to get out there, weather conditions cooperating of course.

Franklin
12/16/2014 03:57:34 am

Not sure about that. They've been around about 4000 years.

norman
12/16/2014 08:21:55 am

What's been around about 4000 years?

Kent
12/16/2014 09:50:53 am

Quadratic equations.

Pat N
12/16/2014 07:14:57 am

We are looking at LeConte from below...love it!

norman
12/16/2014 10:02:30 am

I look at LeConte via webcam from the Highland Condos across the way every day (several times a day)..love it also!

jeand
12/16/2014 10:44:07 am


Every morning when I open the blinds on the south side of my bedroom I look out to see if the weather is clear enough to see the outline of the mountains. In summer it is mostly hazy enough to be just that;- hazy. As the weather cools and especially after a heavy rain the air is clear enough to see the entire outline of the GSMNP - N to S. As the sun moves west the view changes because of the different angle of the sunlight. In winter when there is snow there, it is more beautiful because the snow is visible as the light reflects the white and one can see that mother nature has left her winter blanket there.
I love being able to see your pictures there ,JP, and imagine the view from that side.. My home is WNNW (in the 32 points of the compass.--Very close to due N ) of LeConte.
Does anyone know how the mountain gained it's name?

Marilyn
12/16/2014 11:42:21 am

There's a couple different story as to the name. One is it was named by the Swiss explorer Arnold Guyot for Joseph Le Conte who was a geologist. The other is that it was named by Samuel Buckley for Joseph's brother John who was a physicist at South Carolina College because he helped move his barometer to Waynesville NC at Buckley's request. I'm not sure if it was Buckley's barometer or LeConte's barometer. You can take your pick from either of these stories or maybe someone else out there has another version.


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