My son and his family joined us in Gatlinburg TN for the weekend. They rented a cabin 7 miles from us on the other side of Gatlinburg. All of the homes/cabins in this area were newly built. As we looked out over their balcony, we saw a lot of black charred trees. We then remembered there had been a massive forest fire in that area. After talking to one of the local residents, we learned 520 homes out of 540 burned to the ground.
Nice family shot. We did a similar trip (rented a house near Sevierville, our sons met us there for a portion of the trip) in October 2017. The fire was in November. Had a lovely family dinner at an area restaurant that we learned burned to the ground the next month.
Fun family shot- your story reminds me of traveling to Lake Tahoe for my sister-in-law's wedding. We all stayed at a large home there. Several years later that whole area was devastated by a fire and the beautiful home we were in was one of the casualties. It's an odd feeling to look at the pictures and know it doesn't exist anymore.
March 13th, 2021
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