Great Smoky Mountains National Park Podcasts & Blog » Scrapbook http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog Enjoy the Smokies Courtesy of the Great Smoky Mountains Association! Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:38:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Cultural Heritage Site http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/cultural-heritage-site/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/cultural-heritage-site/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:01:22 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=545 GSMA store manager Marti Smith discovered one of the rarely discussed cultural heritage sites inside the park while hiking with the indomitable Smoky Mountains Hiking Club in the Greenbrier area a few days ago.

]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/cultural-heritage-site/feed/ 0 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK 75th Anniversary Employee and Alumni Homecoming http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/75th-anniversary-employee-and-alumni-homecoming/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/75th-anniversary-employee-and-alumni-homecoming/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:41:50 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=398 Mark your calendar for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park 75th Anniversary Employee and Alumni Homecoming, April 30-May 2, 2009!

We are excited about celebrating this important anniversary with you and we hope that you will find the three days of activities planned just for this occasion interesting and worth a trip back to the Smokies.

A complete schedule of events and registration information are available on the 75th anniversary website: http://www.greatsmokies75th.org under Employees & Alumni.

The reunion is open to anyone who is currently working or has ever worked at the park — as a National Park Service employee, Great Smoky Mountains Association employee, partner, volunteer, or CCC worker. Families are also welcome.

]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/75th-anniversary-employee-and-alumni-homecoming/feed/ 0 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Is It a Photo or a Painting? http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/is-it-a-photo-or-a-painting/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/is-it-a-photo-or-a-painting/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:50:44 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=396 This is a photo by Donna Eaton of a Showy Orchis in Tremont.  Donna then used Corel Painter on her photograph to give it the look of a painting.  Very nice.

show orchis photo painting

]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/is-it-a-photo-or-a-painting/feed/ 0 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK It’s Still Fall in Great Smoky Mountains National Park http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/its-still-fall-in-great-smoky-mountains-national-park/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/its-still-fall-in-great-smoky-mountains-national-park/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:24:12 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=389 Here’s the view from Webb Overlook. Photo by Sharon Ryan.
webb overlook

This is how it looks on Newfound Gap Road just as you pass from Tennessee into North Carolina. Photo by Sharon Ryan.
newfound gap

Here’s the view from Mt. Cammerer. Photo by Tom Harrington.
mt cammerer

]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/its-still-fall-in-great-smoky-mountains-national-park/feed/ 0 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Fall Glory in the Smokies! http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/fall-glory-in-the-smokies/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/fall-glory-in-the-smokies/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:16:57 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=388 Enjoy these photos by Mari Bland and Ann Froschauer of the fall colors inside the park! The first one is of Little River.

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Sunrise

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Alice in Rain

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Eaton banjo player

]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/364/feed/ 0 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Bears in the Backyard! http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/bears-in-the-backyard/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/bears-in-the-backyard/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:24:00 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=362 Sue, wife of GSMA Executive Director, Terry Maddox, took these photos of a mother bear and her three (3!!) cubs in their backyard yesterday afternoon.

Mother Bear

Bear in Yard

3 Bear Cubs

Bear Eating

Bears in yard

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shelton-snoww.jpg
This was so pretty, I posted it….but the weather is fantastic now…perfect…don’t be faked out! : )

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