Great Smoky Mountains

While browsing through the photos taken during October 2010 in the Smoky Mountains, I discovered something new. This particular photo came to my attention as an example of one of my favorite poems – ”The Road Not Taken”. I’m quite sure that Robert Frost didn’t have the Smokies in mind when he wrote that poem, but it is still amazing how close this …Read Article

Many visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains never touch the numerous trails that scatter throughout the National Park. Instead, they’re introduced to the popular Cades Cove, Roaring Fork Motor Trail, Newfound Gap, Clingman’s Dome, and perhaps some of the popular trails like Laurel Falls along the parkway and Abrams Falls in the Cove. What’s not so …Read Article

The National Park Service provides web cameras for many of the national parks in the United States. Mostly to monitor air quality, the cams at these locations allow Internet visitors to check out current weather conditions for the area by visual picture. Even when I schedule a trip to the Smoky Mountains, checking out the …Read Article

If you’ve ever been to the Great Smoky Mountains, then I bet that you have never traveled the Foothills Parkway. That’s because most people that do travel to the Great Smokies only go to the most popular destinations and don’t tend to venture out into the country wilderness. Part of the Great Smoky Mountains National …Read Article