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A Quick Trip to Mingo Falls

admin — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 04:47:41 +0000

Watch this video to see my trip to magnificent Mingo Falls, a stunning 180 foot cascade located just outside the park near Cherokee, NC. It’s worth a visit! And you can click here to see a beautiful full-length shot of the entire waterfall viewable from the bridge. It’s so tall that it wouldn’t all fit into a standard horizontal video frame, so I had to turn the camera sideways!

Rededication Ceremony

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:12:54 +0000

Watch this video to see some of the special moments shared by those who attended the Rededication Ceremony on September 2, 2009. Dolly Parton makes a special appearance! Click here or on the photo to view the video.

Closed captioning is available for this video by clicking the caption button in the lower right-hand corner of the video controls.

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Balsam Mountain Road

admin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:35:03 +0000

Come with Valerie for a tour down this quiet road that’s one of the Smokies’ best-kept secrets! Click here or on the photo to view the video.

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GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Cool Digs

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:17:58 +0000

I used to dream about discovering Incan gold when I was a little kid… and then I took an archaeology class during high school and realized there was NO WAY I had the patience to slowly scrape dirt away and meticulously record where it came from. In six weeks of excavating, I also found nothing, and suffered from a lot of poison ivy.

But filming archaeologists is pretty fun, and they seem to enjoy what they’re doing… especially when they’re actually finding interesting Cherokee artifacts! Click the photo below to hear about the major dig site of the summer!