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Oconaluftee River

This is the Oconaluftee River, located in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. My friends and I were on a road trip through the Great Smoky Mountains and pulled over to take a break. While stopped one of my friends decided to venture a little upstream, and I decided to take pictures of her there. She can be faintly seen on the left hand side of the photograph, but this quickly became our favorite picture of the trip.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2017
Date Uploaded: 07.2017
Photo Location: North Carolina, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T5i
Copyright: © Mackenzie Vestal