Yurts and Turks

The Yurt

The mystery of a yurt has plagued me for years.  Much more roomy than a regular tent, a 'sun roof', round, camping with furniture and a wooden floor.... My style of camping.

I found a camp site of yurts outside of Bryson City, NC in the Nantahala Forest beside a pond and on a hill.  The bathroom facilities were in a building up the hill and included full sized showers and even a jacuzzi and laundry.

Nice interior

Morning coffee

Mark and our guides

There werent many 'yurters' with us, so we had almost a private location.  After a very quiet and restful sleep, we got up and made our way to the nearby zipline.   The Turk is afraid of heights, so this was going to be interesting.


Banjo playing welcome



We got our harnesses on and trained how to zip, slow down and pull ourselves across the line if we stopped too soon.  Off we went.

The turk survived by not looking down. Our highest point was 70 ft above the ground. We zipped to platforms anchored on trees, platforms without walls.  We walked across swinging bridges with missing planks, and jumped  between trees.  Too much fun!!

View from Clingman's Dome -highest peak inSmokeys

The tallest peak in the Smoky's is Clingman's Dome. So we drove as far as we could and walked the last half mile.  A very steep half mile to a viewing tower. There were a number of exhausted 'bodies' laying about the trail that didnt make it.

Then, off we went to the next stop, the Swag located outside of Waynesville, NC.

mountain climbers!