{"id":3791,"date":"2014-09-18T14:50:11","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T14:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=3791"},"modified":"2022-07-05T17:54:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T17:54:29","slug":"the-smoky-mountains-really-do-smoke-mist-rising-from-the-slopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=3791","title":{"rendered":"The Smoky Mountains really do &#8216;smoke&#8217; &#8211; it&#8217;s mist rising from the slopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We took a day trip and drove through the Smoky Mountains while in the area.\u00a0 I had previously seen the Smoky Mountains when I took my grandson Kyle here a couple years ago on a search for snow.\u00a0 We saw very little snow as it had been a mild winter and we only saw the eastern side of the range as the road from Cherokee down towards Knoxville was closed due to a landslide.<\/p>\n<p>This time Jeff and I saw the western side of the range and we drove FROM Knoxville up to Cherokee, then along the ridges for a short time and back down the western side on a different road.\u00a0 It&#8217;s very pretty!!\u00a0 We saw a dam that was built during WWII to power all the factories that were making war material.\u00a0 It was in an area that was prone to major flooding that just a couple of years before being built had severely damaged several towns downstream.\u00a0 The dam regulated the water flow through the downstream area as well as providing power.<\/p>\n<p>Here are pictures that we took:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" scoped>.rbs_gallery_69e5ae27f0070Spinner{\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 50px auto;\r\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50px;\r\n\t\t\t\theight: 40px;\r\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_69e5ae27f0070Spinner > div{\r\n\t\t\t  background-color: #333;\r\n\t\t\t  height: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t  width: 6px;\r\n\t\t\t  display: inline-block;\r\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation: 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