Tag Archives: Roaring Fork

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
Everywhere, Everywhere: Rhododendron Blossoms

July 20, 2008 – 9:08 am

It seems like I can’t drive, hike, or look out a window without someone (often me, talking to myself) making a comment about how incredible the rhododendron flowers are this year. I’ve lived in the Smokies for fourteen years and I’ve NEVER seen them this good. The bloom has already peaked and is fading gradually [...]

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GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
Tub Mills, Dog-Trots, and Granny Holes

July 8, 2008 – 9:12 am

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 [...]

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