Inner Tubing
A mountain creek runs right behind the hotel. You can get inner tubes at the office and ride them down this creek around the rocks. Moe rode the rapids while I sat on a rock and watched. She made friends with two other girls. The water was so cool and refreshing. It was the perfect way to spend a summer afternoon in the mountains. After that, we went to Shoney’s.
Clingman’s Dome
We were driving through the Smokies on our way to Atlanta to catch a flight home. In the morning, we drove up to Clingman’s Dome. It is the highest point in the Smokies and the third-highest east of the Mississippi. So it’s high. Do you want to get high? Drive to the top of Clingman’s Dome.
The drive up was eventful. Maureen told me she didn’t feel well. I asked if she wanted me to stop, and pull over somewhere. “No,” she answered. I asked her if she felt like throwing up. “No,” she said. A few minutes later, she yelled, “I’m gonna throw up!” I swung across to a cut-out on the other side of the road, but it was too late.
I used ALL the tissues I had crammed into my suitcase the night before, PLUS her old, white tank top size 6x. So many years I’ve had that. It now lies on top of Ole Smoky. I threw it out of sight. It’s biodegradable. While cleaning up, I flashbacked to driving through the canyons of L.A. and the black leather backseat of Sasha’s rare Mercedes. I used a lot of tissues that time, too.
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