Trish and I are at The Swag, The Great Country Inn of the Smokies, where I am telling stories for about ten days. This put us here through the Easter weekend and we had a sunrise service here for guests and staff this morning.
We left our lodging at 6:30 am ready to walk about a half mile up to Gooseberry Knob where the service was to be held. We were departing when it was Nautical Dawn, we could see the horizon but there was not enough light yet to be able to read.
By the time we got up to the knob, we were approaching Civil Dawn, when we could begin to be able to read the printed program for the service. The eastern sky was flowing orange-red all the way from north to south.
Then the sun popped and the whole world was aglow. What a beautiful reason to have gotten up on this glorious day. We watched and watched until the world was bright.
Back down at the Swag House for breakfast, we never told the late sleepers what they really missed; we didn’t want to spoil the enjoyment of the extra rest they had enjoyed!
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