{"id":427,"date":"2011-11-13T20:51:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T00:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marksisco.com\/blog\/?p=427"},"modified":"2011-11-13T21:07:31","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T01:07:31","slug":"white-oak-sink-gsmnp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/?p=427","title":{"rendered":"White Oak Sink, GSMNP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>click the Audio <\/em><em>below and adjust your sound if necessary<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"audioplayer_container\"><span style=\"display:block;padding:5px;border:1px solid #dddddd;background:#f8f8f8\" id=\"audioplayer_1\">Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&amp;promoid=BIOW\" title=\"Download Adobe Flash Player\">here<\/a>. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"audioplayer_1\", {soundFile:\"aHR0cDovL21hcmtzaXNjby5jb20vbXAzL1Ntb2tpZXNfV2hpdGVPYWtTaW5rU1RFLTAwNC5tcDM\"});<\/script><\/p>\n<p>This 2-mile hike was recommended to us by a volunteer at the visitor center in Townsend, and it was an excellent recommendation.\u00a0 Most of the hike was along an old railroad bed and stream.<\/p>\n<p>White Oak Sink is a very tall waterfall, as illustrated by the 2nd image below with Carl standing to the right.\u00a0 &#8220;Sink&#8221; is the name given to falls like this where the landing point of the water takes it underground, rather than into an open stream that continues to flow across the landscape.\u00a0 The deep, black hole at the bottom was most mysterious because of the disappearing water and the fact it looked bottomless.\u00a0 I am not sure how far away the water resurfaces.<\/p>\n<p>We spent all afternoon here waiting for the sun to set.\u00a0 Bright sunshine hit the falls most of the afternoon, often displaying a small rainbow on the lower part of the falls.\u00a0 My images of the rainbow were not very good due to the extreme contrast of the sun hitting the water, but our wait was well worth it. I prefer the first image personally, but the 2nd shows the scale of the falls and was much harder to come by because I had to traverse the hillside at the risk of falling.<\/p>\n<p>The hike was one of my favorite parts of the trip.\u00a0 The air was so fresh, as was the smell of the forest.\u00a0 The temperature was perfect with a slight hint of briskness in the air.\u00a0 The return included a very steep climb along one of two optional paths.\u00a0 Tough climbs no matter which route, and I was proud of both Brent and Carl for toughing them out.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_429\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-429\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-429\" title=\"GSMNP_359\" src=\"http:\/\/marksisco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/GSMNP_359-491x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/GSMNP_359-491x700.jpg 491w, https:\/\/marksisco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/GSMNP_359-719x1024.jpg 719w, https:\/\/marksisco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/GSMNP_359.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White Oak Sink, GSMNP<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_440\" style=\"width: 476px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-440\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-440\" title=\"GSMNP_304-Edit\" src=\"http:\/\/marksisco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/GSMNP_304-Edit2-466x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/GSMNP_304-Edit2-466x700.jpg 466w, https:\/\/marksisco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/GSMNP_304-Edit2-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/marksisco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/GSMNP_304-Edit2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Atop White Oak Sink, GSMNP<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>click the Audio below and adjust your sound if necessary [Audio clip: view full post to listen] This 2-mile hike was recommended to us by a volunteer at the visitor center in Townsend, and it was an excellent recommendation.\u00a0 Most of the hike was along an old railroad bed and stream. White Oak Sink is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"audioplayer_container\"><span style=\"display:block;padding:5px;border:1px solid #dddddd;background:#f8f8f8\" id=\"audioplayer_2\">Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&amp;promoid=BIOW\" title=\"Download Adobe Flash Player\">here<\/a>. 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