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)
