Max Patch, NC

 We had some crazy rain storms come through last night!  This is the creek behind our little cabin, high and muddy.

I just though this was a cool pic...this is on the way up to our house on Tomahawk Drive.

The creek and waterfall behind our house are flowing like we have never seen them before! 

Beautiful!!

This morning we finished up stuffing insulation around all the window and doors, with the help of Jeff and Kate.  When we finished with that and got cleaned up a little, they took us up to Max Patch, NC. 

This is from a lookout point on the Foothills Parkway.

Max Patch is a 4,600-foot mountain that was cleared and used as pasture in the 1800s. Today, it's a 350-acre tract of open land on a high knob with 360-degree views.

It's on the North Carolina-Tennessee Border in Madison County, North Carolina and Cocke County, Tennessee. It is a major landmark along the Tennessee/North Carolina section of the Appalachian Trail, although its summit is located in North Carolina.

Check us out "hiking" on the Appalachian Trail!!  Of course you know it wasn't a real strenuous hike if we are in flip-flops! (my kind of hike!) 

One of the many great views from the top.

Setting up camp...we brought a picnic lunch with us to enjoy along with the great views!

The weather was perfect...

We had a nice cool breeze blowing by.

Jeff and Kate...what a back drop!

On our way back down.

This is the view from Jeff and Kate's house...beautiful!

That was a great and much needed break!!  The sheet rockers start bright and early tomorrow morning...here we go again!