June 18 ~ Detour to beach on Tybee Island, GA ~ hot, windy, smokey evening
Tonye	Anne	Photo by Tonye
Photo by Tonye	Tonye, Becky & Herman	Haze is smoke from fire in the Okefenokee Swamp
June 19 ~ Detour to Charleston & Mt. Pleasant, SC
RB's restaurant. Photo by Tonye.	Becky, Anne & Herman	USS Yorktown ~ Photo by Herman
Cooper River Bridge from Patriot's Point Photo by Tonye	Click on photo for larger image. Photo by Tonye	Leaving Mt. Pleasant ~ Photo by Herman
June 21 ~ Roan Mountain, NC & TN ~ National Forest Info about Roan Mountain
Beginning of the Roan Mountain accessible trail	Trail sign ~ Click on photo for larger image.	Brett & Tonye on trail
Catawba Rhododendron ~ Photo by Tonye	Anne, Dad, Mother, Brett ~ Photo by Tonye	Tonye, Dad, Mother, Brett
Photo by Tonye	What's so funny? ~ Photo by Herman	Rhododendron blossom
Brett, Grand Becky, Granddad	Brett pushing the wheelchair	Photo by Herman
More blossoms	More blooms	Click on photo for larger image of bees.
Near the end of the trail	Tonye & Anne taking pictures of Dad Photo by Herman	Dad taking picture of Anne & Tonye Photo by Tonye
More amazing Rhododendron	Mother & Dad	Picnic
Wildflowers ~ chickweed. Click on photo for larger image. Look for a tiny bug on a blossom.	Chickweed and ? ~ I still don't know what the yellow flowers are & I've never been able to get a good photo of them!	Rhododendron on Cloudland trail
Rhododendron at Cloudland Hotel location	Brett & Granddad reading Cloudland sign	The rare Gray's Lily ~ blossoms not open
Anne & Dad	Brett with Granddad	Dad & Anne
June 21 ~ Mt. Mitchell, NC
View from Mt. Mitchell parking lot	Anne taking photo at Mt. Mitchell parking area. Photo by Herman.	View from Mt. Mitchell parking lot. Photo by Herman.
Dinner at Mt. Mitchell restaurant Photo by Herman	Mother & Dad on patio at Mt. Mitchell Restaurant ~ Photo by Tonye	View from restaurant patio
View from restaurant. Photo by Herman	View from restuarant Click on photo for larger image	Another view from Mt. Mitchell
June 21 ~ Blue Ridge Parkway, NC
Blue Ridge Parkway views ~ Click on photos for larger images.
June 22 ~ Dad & Anne hike on Cove Creek/Caney Bottom Trail, Pisgah Forest, NC
Dad taking photo of Rhododendron	Dad's photo	Rhododendron
Partially open blossoms	Waterfall on Cove Creek	Dad on trail near waterfall
Dad on trail at top of waterfall	Cove Creek	Cove Creek ~ Photo by Herman
Cove Creek	Dad on the trail	Trail lined with fern
Anne on trail ~ Photo by Herman	Squaw Root ~ Click on photo for larger image	Dad on new bridge across creek
Anne crossing new bridge ~ Photo by Herman	Anne on new bridge ~ Photo by Herman	Sliding rock on Cove Creek
Looking Glass Falls from road (vegetation has grown up considerably)	Looking Glass Falls ~ Photo by Herman	Another view of Looking Glass Falls
Flowers look like horse nettle, but stems had short hairs instead of prickly stickers.	After dinner, Brett gave me birthday presents: a book, The Playground Trail, signed by the authors Lee and Jane Whiteley, and a DVD of the film Paving the Way.
June 23 ~ Visit with Aunt Nell & Uncle Stuart in Concord, NC We were fortunate to be able to visit with Aunt Nell and Uncle Stuart a few months before their deaths within 12 hours of each other in December 2011.
Sign at facility ~ Photo by Tonye	Horizon Bay entrance ~ Photo by Tonye	Becky, Herman, and Nell in hall
Siblings Stuart and Becky	Nell, Stuart, Becky, Herman	Herman, Nell, Stuart & Becky
Stuart and Becky	Nell

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Photos in header: Niagara Falls; Big Sur, CA; Golden Gate Bridge, CA; Sunset on the Baltic Sea;
Virginia Creeper Trail, VA; Emerald Lake, Yukon, Canada; Glacier Bay, Alaska; Sunset on the Pacific; Triple Falls at DuPont Forest, NC.
Header Photo Credits: All Anne S. Napier except Niagara Falls by Herman Stubblefield.

Updated August 16, 2013