Great Smoky Mountains National Park Podcasts & Blog » Courtney Lix http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog Enjoy the Smokies Courtesy of the Great Smoky Mountains Association! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:26:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Tub Mills, Dog-Trots, and Granny Holes http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/tub-mills-dog-trots-and-granny-holes/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/tub-mills-dog-trots-and-granny-holes/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:12:28 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/videoblog/?p=13 Whenever I visit Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, I think of my granddaddy: as a park naturalist in the Smokies back in the 1950s, he was in charge of setting up the motor nature trail and directed the preservation of old homesites in Cades Cove and Oconaluftee, too.

To take a quick, car-free tour of the old Roaring Fork community, click the photo below. (Special thanks to Bill Mize for permission to use his song “Spring Fever” from his Sugarlands CD– www.BillMize.com)

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Click the photo below to learn more about the feast!

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]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/the-feast-on-gregory-bald/feed/ 0 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Stampede on the Appalachian Trail http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/interviews-with-10-appalachian-trail-hikers/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/interviews-with-10-appalachian-trail-hikers/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 17:05:00 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/videoblog/?p=4 Okay, so it wasn’t really a stampede. But the Appalachian Trail in the Smokies gets quite crowded during the last two weeks in April when the thru-hikers arrive.

Despite the fact that they still had about 1,900 more miles to go, a bunch of hikers were nice enough to pause and talk to me (while still wearing their very heavy packs).

Click the photo below to see the short film starring 10 AT hikers.
Appalachian Trail Hikers

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