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River Runs Thru It

this is shot from our hotel room balcony over looking gatlinburg river. my 84 year old mother and i go on a 10 day road trip to tennessee. we had never been. i plan the whole trip. we start out by visting relatives in little rock, ark. mom flies in from her home in kona, hi and i fly in from my home in phoenix, az. then we start our 10 day road trip to memphis, nashville, chattanooga, pigeon forge, gatlinburg, smokey mountain national park and grimsley. since the pandemic was still in full force and TN and AR had high numbers i took my lysol spray to spray down everything in the hotel rooms before i let mom in. we wore our mask indoors like museums and grand ole opry and on bus tours and the like. this balcony view was so lovely. we sat out there and enjoyed bottle of wine and sounds of the river flowing.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Gatlinburg, Tennessee, United States of America
Camera: SM-G781U1
Copyright: © Wilda Payton