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 http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/a-year-in-the-smokies-2009/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/a-year-in-the-smokies-2009/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:50:17 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=1505   Experience a year’s worth of Smokies moments in this short film. Take a look back to the many places 2009 has taken our video blog. Click here or on the photo to see it all.

Closed captioning is available for this video by clicking the caption button in the lower right-hand corner of the video controls. ]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/a-year-in-the-smokies-2009/feed/ 4 http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/junco-eggs-and-more/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/junco-eggs-and-more/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:07:36 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=372 GSMA’s own Marti Smith took these photos — the first is of a bird’s nest containing Junco eggs and the second is another glorious shot of azaleas.

]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/junco-eggs-and-more/feed/ 0 http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/more-cute-tourists-on-gregory-bald/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/more-cute-tourists-on-gregory-bald/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:39:08 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=370 Here’s another rarely seen type of tourist checking out the fabulous azaleas on Gregory Bald — a bunny!!
Photo by the amazing Ann Froschauer.

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Be amazed at this photo of wild hogs hiking on Gregorys Bald by Steve Roark, Dawn Roark’s husband. Dawn manages our Cades Cove and Townsend stores.

]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/wild-hogs-enjoying-the-azaleas/feed/ 0 http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/azaleas-and-rhododendron-blooming/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/azaleas-and-rhododendron-blooming/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:56:52 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=368 The azaleas on Gregory Bald are outstanding right now. They should continue to show good blooms for another week. The rosebay (white) rhododendron on Parson Branch Road is so profuse its almost off the scale. You have to see it to believe it. Really.

Photo by Kris Light

Photo by Kris Light

Photo by Ann Froschauer

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Photo by Ann Froschauer.

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Photo by Ann Froschauer. Below is a photo of Ann with her Dad!

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