
The air was cool and clear, so the normally "Smoky" mountains were actually quite clear. So clear that the white spec you see on the left side?

That spec is Harrah's casino on the Cherokee reservation. We took the picture from the top of Waterrock Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway
The Herd was off camping and never saw their cousins of The Herd Annex this weekend, but, somehow, Sisters in “Paw” Ruby and Kiska decided to share a similar event on Saturday. Guess it was just that kind of day:
With the weekend upon us, no work crews showed up to solve our indoor water problems. We are becoming quite efficient at moving water from the well to the house, so we are doing fine. So the best way to get away from problems like this is to hit the trails. Just one problem. We had an overabundance of water – from the sky.
We are looking forward to some better temperatures here as the high is supposed to be about 10 degrees lower on Saturday (74F (23C) in the valley, so probably a high in the 60′s at the house). We could only hope that is a first sign of fall.