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Rushing Rivers and Streams

November 13, 2009 – 6:36 pm

Rivers and feeder streams were turned to powerful whitewater and impressive cascades after over 3 inches of rain fell in less than 48 hours this week! Click here or on the photo to view the video.

Posted in Video, Weather | Tagged Cascade, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Little River, Rain, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Waterfall | Comments (1)

Fall Color: October 30

November 2, 2009 – 7:43 pm

Great weather during the first week of November means the perfect time to get out and see the leaf color before its gone! Click here or on the photo to see what you’re missing.

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Posted in Befuddled Botanist - Flora - Plants, Fall Leaf Color, Video, Weather | Tagged Autumn, Color, Drive, Fall, Fall Leaf Color, Fall Leaves, Gatlinburg Bypass, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Leaf Change, Little River Road, Metcalf Bottoms, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Wildflowers | Comments (0)

An Autumn Postcard featuring Elk

October 27, 2009 – 12:18 pm

Images of the season, from elk to mountains painted in fall color! Click here or on the photo to view the video.

Posted in Bunglesome Biologist - Fauna - Critters, Fall Leaf Color, Minute in the Mountains: Scenery & Music, Scenic Views, Video, Weather | Tagged Autumn, Bird, Caldwell Place, Cataloochee, Cataloochee Valley, Color, Elk, Elk Bugle, Fall, Fall Leaf Color, Fall Leaves, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Leaf Change, Palmer Church, Rut, Smokey Mountains, Smokies | Comments (4)

Why are there handprints on the ceiling of the Primitive Baptist Church in Cades Cove? And which church has the best acoustics? Join Elizabeth and Jill, and their friend Kelly, for a visit to the three remaining churches in Cades Cove. Click here or on the photo to view the video.

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Posted in Video | Tagged Cades Cove, Church, Churches, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hymn, Hymnal, Methodist, Missionary Baptist, Primitive Baptist, Sing, Singing, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Song | Comments (0)

Fall Color: October 8

October 9, 2009 – 12:55 pm

High elevations are really starting to pop as autumn leaf colors come on. Click here or on the photo to find out where to see color now and where to go to avoid the crowds during peak.

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Posted in Fall Leaf Color, Video, Wildflowers | Tagged Autumn, Berries, Color, Fall, Fall Leaf Color, Fall Leaves, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Leaf Change, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Squirrel, Wildflowers | Comments (0)

Elk Watching in Cataloochee

September 29, 2009 – 4:54 pm

Elk bulls are bugling, fighting, and finding every way they can to display dominance during the breeding season that is happening right now. Click here or on the photo to get a sneak peak of elk activity in Cataloochee.

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Posted in Bunglesome Biologist - Fauna - Critters, Video | Tagged Bugle, Cataloochee, Elk, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Rut, Smokey Mountains, Smokies | Comments (1)

Discovering Smoky Mountain Magic

September 29, 2009 – 1:27 pm

Eighty years after its completion, Horace Kephart’s previously unpublished novel, Smoky Mountain Magic, has been released by Great Smoky Mountains Association. Click here or on the photo to hear the journey of the novel with Libby Kephart Hargrave, the author’s great-granddaughter.

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Posted in Fascinating People, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Video | Tagged 75th Anniversary, Adventure, Bryson City, Bryson Place, Deep Creek, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hike, Hiking, Horace Kephart, Novel, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Smoky Mountain Magic | Comments (0)

Shhh! Mama Bear Sleeping

September 29, 2009 – 9:32 am

Being a Mama Bear is hard work. Deb Campbell took this great photo of Mama catching a quick snooze twenty feet in the air in Cades Cove.

Posted in Bears, Bunglesome Biologist - Fauna - Critters | Tagged Bears, Black Bears | Comments (1)