Hi friends! I wanted to share a little this month in our 10 on 10 about our recent family camping trip to Indian Boundary. First of all, I have no idea how in the world I have never been to this beautiful place before. A sweet friend told me about it a year ago and I tucked it in my memory for the future. Thankfully, we made it happen a few weeks ago on a whim right after campgrounds in Tennessee opened back up. We stayed in the A-loop on the water which I highly recommend because our site was right on the water and our kids basically spent most of the time there running back and forth from the lake to the campsite to warm up by the fire. There’s a little beach area that’s a short hike away but we only went there the last day because the kids wanted to play in the sand. Otherwise we were happy as clams to have our own little private inlet to the lake right by our site. The water was clear and shallow for a long way out making it perfect for littles and bigs.
On our second day there, we drove the Cherohala Skyway to Huckleberry Knob just a few miles past the North Carolina border. The skyway itself is beautiful with scenic pull offs around every bend. We were ooooohing and aaahhhhhing the whole drive. We listened to worship music as we drove through the mountains. It only felt appropriate to worship our Creator as we got to see so much beauty in His creation. The hike to Huckleberry Knob was pretty short, about 2.5 miles roundtrip, and SO beautiful. There were lots of wildflowers in bloom and if you go later in the summer there are tons of wild blueberry plants along the trail. The knob gives you 360 degree mountain views and is a great place for a picnic. We watched a rainstorm in the distance and eventually got caught up in it on the last bit of our hike back to the car. Thankfully everyone thought it was a blast and sweet memories were made. :)
When we got back to our campsite, we went to the camp store and rented a paddle board for the day. We had so much fun exploring the lake, checking out the carp and jumping off the board together. Every evening we topped off the day by walking a bit of the 3 mile trail that goes around the entire lake.
On our way home, we stopped at Tellico Grains Bakery which was DELISH! I had one of the best reuben’s I’ve ever eaten and we also helped the kids polish off their wood fired oven pizzas. Tellico Plains is the cutest little town and we left talking about how much we’d love to rent a cabin on the river some time soon. We will definitely be back to Indian Boundary! My kids all said it was one of their favorite trips we’ve ever taken together!
Be sure to follow around the circle by heading over to Fort McMurray Lifestyle Photographer Melissa Richard is up to this month!
For my photographer friends these were mostly taken on my Rollieflex 2.8e with Portra 160 rated at 320 and pushed a stop as well as Ektar 100 and a couple of Portra 400. The black and white is taken with my Canon 1v with Kodak Tri-x400.
