Wow, another day with our temperature in the 90s. The Summer heat in Tennessee is pretty rough, and this is only the second day of Summer. Hot is one thing, but put high humidity in there and a person can’t breathe easily. We’ve been under a heat advisory lately and all this week our temperatures are supposed to be around 95 degrees. Not as hot as some people have it across the United States, but hot enough for me! The wind blows occasionally, but it’s a hot wind.
My husband has always said that we only have two full weeks of Springtime weather here in our area, then it jumps right into Summer. Many people in our area go to the beaches in Florida for their Summer vacations. They love taking family pictures while there on the white sandy beaches with the sea grass behind them. Lovely photos with precious memories.
My parents took my brother and me to the Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee for a Summer vacation when I was about 9 years old and my brother was probably 6 years old. We have many great photos of that trip. We saw a mother bear and her cubs on a hillside along the highway. Many people stopped and watched the bears from up on the hill. To this day, I still wonder why that mother bear didn’t chase after some of the people gawking at her cubs. During that trip we hiked up Clingman’s Dome and took pictures there. I remember it being a long hike, but fun. Clingman’s Dome is the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at 6,643 feet.
While on that trip we also went to Chattanooga and walked through Rock City. It was fun to look through the telescope at Observation Point and see the landscape of other states surrounding Tennessee. They claim you can see seven states from Observation Point. We saw Lover’s Leap and have a terrific picture from that vantage point. The staff that operated Rock City even had a long cardboard like advertisement attached to our car’s bumper that read, “See Rock City”. I don’t remember how long we left that bumper sign our Chevrolet Impala, but it was like a badge of pride showing people where we were lucky enough to vacation.
Wherever you and your family travel this Summer, be sure to take a few photos for those precious memories. Even if you have a “staycation”, take some photos so you can remember the Summer of 2016. My brother passed away in February of 2002 and now I cherish those photos of him as a 6 year old little boy. The photos help me remember so many of the fun times he and I had while growing up.
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