WOW OKAY so I thought I published this like six weeks ago, but apparently I didn’t. Sorry! I was going in to write another post about my job and here this draft was sitting. Anyway, so six weeks ago… I went to Asheville with my parents to celebrate America’s birthday and to pre-game me starting my new job today. We got a hotel right next to where they shot off the fireworks for the city’s fireworks show on the 4th, and I managed to get some really awesome shots with my new photography know-how! It went to show that I don’t need a super fancy camera to take good photos, just a steady hand (or better yet, a tripod), and some patience. My mom and I took a rainy trip up to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park and saw some elk. Then we went to an arts festival in the city before driving back on Sunday. 

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