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  • OCTOBER 21 ELKMONT AND THE SUGARLANDS Come on, get organized! Go with us on this trip and see what you can look at in the autumn; before the last of the wild flowers are gone, and before the trees have undressed for the winter. Unsmother that most fundamental of all Simian traits, curiosity, and Tarn yerse'f a little somethin'. Does it take a freeze to turn the maple red? What makes green turn yellow ? Has next year's growth begun on branch or bush? Do leaves finally grow themselves off from the twig, or do they just break and fall off? Why are evergreens ever green, and do they ever lose a needle? Why are "needles" leaves ? Now you make up some, particularly pertaining to color effects, artistry, and aesthetics. Then we'll be pretty well set and ready to take in the sights we can see and maybe some of the sounds we can hear in a well-known section on a well-known date. We solemnly declare that this trip will be no footrace. Rather, our objectives are recreational, in the truest sense of the word; a little walk, a little look, a little air, and a nice ride—not a race. Recalling the season, and that the vicinity of Elkmont is to be our objective, what a ride it may be if only we can see. So drive slowly. Here and there wait a minute and save—a sight! Somewhere near Elkmont we'll take shank's mare and proceed along trails that will take us to places,—places where we will be in close touch with the lure of the woods, places where we can view distant mountains and landscapes in all their glorious color, a charming form. As for an itinerary, you might for example, drive to Fi'tin' Creek Gap and unload all but a chauffeur, wlio will drive the "ole bus" down and around to a point opposite the Appalachian 44
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