Kathy Clark, Jeanine Ashwell, Boni Wibbenmeyer, Donna Pfeiffer, Hettie Hall: EDH Hikers-Retired Nurses from St. Louis, MO

Andrea White and Kyle Spence made their annual hike up the mountain to spend the night.

Carl and Carolyn Boone made their first hike to LeConte with their daughter Cassandra.

John and Sherri Shedd celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary on the mountain.

Jean Stuczynski came all the way from Illinois to see the mountain and the llamas.

Jerry Luth brought his 6 year old grandson, Jake, up to the lodge for his first trip.

Julie Schlembach and Nina Fellman of Nice, France are visiting some family friends and were able to come up the mountain before they head home.

Deidre, Danielle, Donita, and their father Ken, hiked up the mountain and celebrated their birthdays. They visit us every year and get to celebrate all of their birthdays with us.

The crew with one of our favorite guests. Buzz Tatham spends 6 days with us every July. He likes to escape the Georgia heat during the summer.

Butch McSwain and John Cansler from Morganton, NC on their annual visit to Mt. Leconte

Mark Corum with his daughter Emily. Mark works for LeConte in our reservation office. He decided to show his daughter what LeConte is all about.

We want to wish John's parents, Dick and Pat Northrup, a happy 31st wedding anniversary. They hiked up to LeConte the day after their wedding, 31 years ago.

Eli Spake, Taryn Spake,Jim Spake, Michael Wayt, Theo Wayt, and Melinda Flurry-Wayt visited us from Memphis.

Sydney, Ritchie,Ganelle, and Riley Rivers visited us from Amite, Lousiana.

Richard Smith brought his grandson Connor Grier to the lodge.

Paul Romanick brought his grandson Blake McDonald up to the lodge for his first trip.

Stacy McMahan, Ashley McPherson, John Paul McPherson, Gene Villanueva, Lesley Villanueva, Don Strong, and Sharon Strong decided to hike up to the lodge for the day. Lesley is one of our co-workers in the office in Sevierville. It is always fun to see the office women in our neck of the woods.

Schwartz family and Granddad, Seaville, NJ

Al and Linda Murphy with Jay and Janet Murphy all from Mississippi.

Another year older, Alex Tedford plays for us after dinner.

Jason Vaught broke the record for most mashed potatoes eaten on the mountain.

Brad Luth, Kat Gearhart, Jerry Luth (50th Summit) from Findlay Ohio

From Southeast Texas, Robin & Kevin A. and their sons Scott (age 6) and Collin (who just turned 3) along with Dakota and Mike Thompson. Surprisingly, Collin walked up the first 6 hours of their 7 hour trek up Alum Cave Bluffs Trail! What a trooper!!

Jerry & Marietta Green from Pegram, TN

Harriett and Ken Taylor stayed with us for a couple of days. For all of you HOL regulars, you may recognize Ken's name. He stops by the blog on a regular basis.

Mary 'Flutewalker' Drake stayed with us for a few nights on her way to Maine. She is thruhiking the Appalachian Trail.

David McGinnis, Joshua McGinnis, Wes McGinnis, Bryon Moffett, and Sam McGinnis hiked up to stay the night.

Brian Davis,Chris Taylor, crew member Laurie, Butch Jacoway, Tim Sheets,Chris Vaden,and Tim Moody joined us from middle Tennessee.

Little miss Emma Thompson hiked up on a day hike last year and loved it. This year she and her parents returned and spent the night. Emma is a hula hooping machine. She is from Jacksonville, Florida

Laurie and Howie Peebles, David Hart, Leona and Charles Ingram, and Sarah and Gary Patton joined us from the Nashville/ Crossville area.

Once again, Tim Wilson and Larry Crabtree are here to help us start the 2011 season.

Marty and Kim Teffeteller celebrated their 25th Anniversary by staying at the Lodge on Opening night. They are from Maryville, TN.

Tim Wilson and Larry Crabtree helped us ring in the new season in March, and now they are here to close out the season.

Katie Horovitz and Joe Eberly got married at the lodge on November 11th. Congratulations!!

Friends and handball players John Lenoir, Randy Humble, Jerry Kuhn, Bill Skaggs, and handball widow Sue Humble on October 31, 2010.

Ryan Geoffroy brought us beignet mix from Cafe Du Monde. It was a nice surprise for the crew.

Mike Armstrong, Gibson Armstrong, Casey Armstrong, Molly Baldwin Goodwin, Katie Hughes Eick, Prentiss Douthit, Allyson Hughes Virden

Dan, Carolyn, Steve, and Erin Connolly.

Wayne McIntire, from Burns, TN., Ben Eldridge, from Marietta, Ga., and Terry Palmer, from Ellicott City, Md.

Alex and Kathie Beldon

Ted Mounts and his wife, Kristin Farley, play a little Yahtzee while waiting for the dinner bell.

Meredith and Katherine, from the crew, met Meredith and Katherine the twins.

Tommy and Emily Williams were married on top of Mt. LeConte on June 12th.

Wilson and Grant Patterson ringing the breakfast bell.

Roger Bailey and Ronchie Carter were engaged to be married on May 21st.

Huff family, and friends, trip

The Galyon Group has been coming up for the past 30 years. From left to right- Bo Carey, Bailey Sharp,Brown Tate, Oscar Tedford, Lucy Tedford, Philip Campbell, and Sam Carey. This group is from Knoxville, Tennessee.

Alex Tedford from Knoxville, Tennessee

Casey and Mike Armstrong from Decatur, Alabama

Richard Smith playing the bagpipes.

Griffin, Anna Kate, and Zach Bryson feeding Basso the llama.

Ezra Park rings the dinner bell, while brother Solomon makes sure he rings it correctly.

Cindy and Jamie Sarraille celebrated their 38th wedding anniversary on top of Mt. LeConte.

Kare Ide enjoying the weather.

PAWS group from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Phil and Barbara Moss from Sevierville, Tennessee and Charles Brannon and Rena Shepard from Madisonville, Tennessee.

David Gullett visited us from Winchester, Kentucky.

Curt and Penny Gifford are officially newly weds. They just got married on Cliff Tops.

Doug York visited us for two nights.

Ty Cox, age 5, Zachary Wallace, age 4, and Jessica Myers, age 5, all received gold medals from their parents for hiking up the mountain.

Father and son- Tom and Tyler Browning

Marilyn Potter, Donni Long, Geral Long,Tom Browning, and Jim Winfield

Florida boys- Bill Schabot, Keith Hyatt, and Hank Schabot

Caleb and Jules Heitman entertained themselves by making a snow dog.

Bill and Joanna Thomasson

Froydis, Olivia, and Lauren Collins

The Shank party from Atlanta, Georgia

Ryan Geoffroy from Louisiana and Lee Gavitt from Florida hiked up for the day.

Janice Zamostny and Ann Furr getting warm by the heater in the office.

We know the season has officially started when we see Larry Crabtree and Tim Wilson hike up the mountain.

Barbara Dickey and Cindy Schaaf are enjoying some hot chocolate on a cold day.

Rick and Rick Burmeister

Jennifer, Matthew, and Jakob Lindskoog, Daniel Brainerd, Roger and Krissy Sims, Amy and Brent Shults

The Lindskoog family- Jennifer, Matthew, and son Jakob.

Dale Hafner is hanging out in the office playing a game of solitaire.

Keith Davis was our first official guest to check in for the 2010 season.

Landon Stratton hiked up with his father Rich Stratton. Way to go Landon. That was a tough hike.