Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

sphelps · Mar 31, 2022

My daughter who just moved up to Minnesota just sent me this looking out from her back door ..

redneck joe · Apr 1, 2022

she needs to put a salt lick out there.

southkogs · Apr 1, 2022

A little time with family, and some trout fishing in the Smokies this week:

aspeck · Apr 1, 2022

southkogs said:
A little time with family, and some trout fishing in the Smokies this week:
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Are you skirting the Wears Valley/Thomas Divide fires?

southkogs · Apr 1, 2022

Saw the plume on the way in, but we're staying about 10 miles East. There were a lot of evacuation notices the night we got here, but they all cleared the next morning; and it sounds to me like the locals were mostly allowed to go back home. Getting around the area hasn't been any problem; and we've not run into anything in the park yet. But I am watching the alerts to try to stay pretty clear of all of it.

southkogs · Apr 3, 2022

Approximately 300 structures "affected," but not all of them were destroyed (I've heard around 100). A couple of injuries but no deaths in the fires up in the Smokies. Sounds like the crews have them mostly controlled at this point - but they were having a couple of very dry days again (which is what caused two of the fires in the first place).

We had a great time, none-the-less. Didn't catch anything fishing the rivers, but saw some beautiful areas: