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Above the Clouds

You don't need to fly to touch the sky in the Great Smoky Mountains
Tents in sunrise silhouette with expanse of clouds beyond
A morning surprise

Arriving cold and wet at Icewater Springs Shelter, we watched it rain, rain, rain the rest of the day.

In the morning, we awoke to this amazing vista from the shelter: looking down on the clouds with mountaintops rising through them.

At these soaring heights among the tallest of the Appalachian Mountains, it was downright chilly, too.