Helens

September and it is time to think about Labor Day. I was not even returned from France yet that I was thinking af renting a car for a short loop in Northern Georgia. At that time, I heard about a little village in Georgia with a somewhat German architecture and I was curious about it.

Helens is a German inspired village

But even more than the architecture, it was the prospect of a trip in the Appalachians and some tubing down a river that initially attracted me...

And that is why they are called the Great Smoky Mountains

After spending a day in Helens, we went North to reach Pigeon Forge at the feet of the Appalachian mountains. This would be our base for some further explorations of the nearby mountains. These mountaisn are certainly not as wild and genuine as the Rockies but being only five hours away from Atlanta, they are well worth the trip there.

Acid rains killing trees in Tennessee

And for those who still doubt that pollution has an impact on Mother Nature, well just look at this dead forest... Acid rains seem to be killing quite a few trees in these mountains.