Smoky Mountains Family Vacation: Clingman's Dome/Appalachian Trail
Smoky Mountains Family Vacation Day 3: Clingman's Dome and the Appalachian Trail A kiss to build a dream on... I had high hopes of following the guidelines of arrival suggested in the “literature” for Clingman’s Dome. “Plan to park around 8am.” No problem. Right? Who am I kidding? You know me. We, finally, left around 11, and I decided noon would be a good time for everyone else to go have lunch, so we could have the place to ourselves. No dice. Given I left my phone in the car, I was at the mercy of this guy 👆for the entire "Clingman's Dome Camera Roll." If we hadn’t passed the entrance to Alum Cave and (rather arrogantly, I admit) marveled over the abundance of poor fools who missed out on our much-less-crowded rainy adventure, we might have been discouraged when the cars stopped moving about 3 miles from the entrance to Clingman’s Dome. Our spirits remained high until, after about a half hour (that seemed like 10) and we had only crept maybe 10 ft...