Visitor Center, Smokies

I had really hoped to make it up to Cades Cove in the Smokies this fall, but we have had so much rain, that it just has not been possible. We did, however, stop at the Visitor Center where you enter the Smokies just north of Cherokee, NC.
I really like the shot of the gourd bird houses above. I can see a verse printed on a photo of this and then it used as a Thanksgiving card. You can add text on the photo in Picasa and then have the photos printed with the type there....very cool!

There is a farm here at the visitor center, along with a corn field, garden, etc.

The leaves were actually prettier around the cabin (NE Georgia) than north of there. Sunday was a "chamber of commerce day" ....wish I could have had more time to take photos!