new views

up in the smokies this week, mighty nice coming over newfound gap, but i'm staying in gatlinburg, which is a wretched place with more crappola per square foot than any other place in the universe---walking down the street, i overheard some woman opining that she liked it since there was "more to do than in cherokee"---she probly loves pigeon forge and the outlet malls
---on the other hand my hotel room overlooks the creek, so i get nice white noise, not unlike the whir of air-conditioning compressors at the fda across the street from metropolis----