I just spend a wonderful week camping and hiking through parts of Kentucky and Tennessee. It was fantastic to take a break from work... even thought I still brought along all my camera gear and took some wonderful images that I will probably use in projects down the road.
The first stop I had to make on my way down there was in Cincinnati. My Grandpa Metzger built the
Zip Dip ice cream stand in 1950. He lived right across the street from it, and I have great memories of heading over there every day in the summer to get some soft-serve vanilla in a cone (with sprinkles on, of course.) The place is still really busy, and the ice cream tasted as good as I remember it.
I actually brought along my medium format film camera, just to see if I still know how to use the thing. It did take some time to get used to changing the film every 16 frames, but it was a good exercise that made me slow down and think at a different pace. I haven't developed any of that film yet, so hopefully some of it looks good. Here is an image of Grotto Falls in the Smoky Mountains, just outside of Gatlinburg, TN.
It was a pretty good hike along the Trillium trail to get to the falls. As we were heading back down, the Smoky Mountains decided to get smoky! A cloud moved in on us, and we were surrounded by an eerie haze.
I'll share more photos after I get the medium format film developed.
Labels: Gap, Gatlinburg, grotto falls, mountains, smoky, Tennessee, Trillium