Have some love for the lightning bugs
In the middle of my neighbor’s front yard is an old and practically petrified remnant of a tree...
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Tag: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
We must tend to the things we cherish
Imagine a water slide on Clingman’s Dome, a Ferris wheel in Cades Cove or a road running to...
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Erin Hatfield joins 900 Miler Club
Erin Hatfield has hiked all of the trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to become a...
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Care for the bears: Learn how to act outside
Two roads diverged in a writer’s mind, and the story that was to be is just going to have to wait...
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A ‘Stark’ screening at Central Cinema
It is quite possible that Central Cinema is Knoxville’s oldest dedicated movie theatre. No, it is...
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Harvey Broome: Fountain City’s conservation hero
It probably started with a view from his window in his family’s downtown homes, first on East...
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Leaves are amazing on Chestnut Top Trail
Wildflower – Foliage Report – Chestnut Top (B to about a quarter of a mile from the end of the...
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Return of the native: Elk in the Smokies
There isn’t much that can entice me to venture out on Thanksgiving weekend, especially anything...
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I’ll just have a salad
Photography is an excuse for me to be outside. Not every photographic excursion produces art;...
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No vehicle Wednesdays are back at Cades Cove
Enjoy vehicle-free hiking or biking the Cades Coves Loop Road in the Great Smoky Mountains...
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Have a care for the bears
The black bear is an iconic symbol of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most visited...
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A holiday in tranquility
Usually full of crazy Christmas noise, my house was quiet on the 25th. For a Christmas-crazed mom,...
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