Wildflowers abloom in the Smokies

Tom HarringtonOur Town Outdoors

I enjoyed a beautiful hike from the Wear Gap Road parking lot to the Metcalf Bottoms Trail, to the Walker Sisters Cabin and Greenbrier Trail.
If you begin your hike from …

Pollinator gardens for solar arrays

Anne BrockOur Town Outdoors

Going green takes on extra meaning when a solar array gets established in a pollinator garden. As the nation’s energy needs necessitate more distributed energy resources, and as millions more …

Sequoia is really that big & old

Susan EspirituOur Town Outdoors

My cousin-in-law, Arvi, sent a picture reminding me of the sequoia trees’ immensity, so I went here plus some other sites to be reminded of their history.
Europeans officially discovered the …

Daybreak clouds at the South Toe River Valley

Thomas Mabry - Honey Badger ImagesOur Town Outdoors

Mysterious, captivating and exquisite, a morning in the mountains with clouds rising from the valley floor provides a mesmerizing view of atmospheric wonder.
The senses of the photographer are sharpened and …