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Corn Bread & Grist Mills
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DO YOU SEE BEARS?
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- At 12:32am on October 31, 2009,
KathyB said…
- Sandy, the December Festival is listed here under "Events". Have fun!!
- At 7:41pm on July 11, 2009,
Jeff H said… - that's Frankie! You have a good weekend, too. I'll be back in TN next weekend! Yeah!
- At 7:02pm on July 11, 2009,
Lovelyn said…
- Hi Sandy,
I just signed up here. Very nice place to visit. I hope I'll be able to visit the area with Brandon soon. Thank you for telling me about Go Smokies.
Lovelyn
- At 10:02am on July 9, 2009,
Jeff H said…
- thanks Sandy. This is a great site!
- At 1:59pm on June 26, 2009,
Jason Cadden said… - I like that picture too. It is part of a seris I took a couple of years ago.
- At 9:36am on June 6, 2009,
tombone said… - i just started coming to this site - and i am listening ot my friend craig duncan, nice surprise! BTW, his son works as a music minister in knoxville...
tom lundberg
- At 2:10pm on June 2, 2009,
gsmnp said… - Sandy, thank you for the wonderful suggestions. I had made a glancing thought towards such business organizations when I read your blog about the GSMA and saw their new member businesses. I will have this blog on archive so I can refer back to your suggestions if I get further on down this road. GOOD IDEA on the bus for around Cades Cove. The NPS has been threatining to do that for years, only their idea is NO CARS in the Cove at all. You can come as far as the campground/picnic area that's it. I think parking is the deal-breaker at the moment. There would lots of NPS red tape to work through, maybe with the right approach, say an enviro-freindly vehicle. I once visited Sequoyah Nat'l Park in CA. There were groves of "big trees" which were one of the Park's main attractions much like Cades Cove. The NPS took people around in little tram-trains kinda like Dollywood, they used roads that had been open to cars but had been closed for traffic, to keep auto exhaust away from the trees. Trams came along regularly, you could get off, walk around for as long as you like and then come back to the road and pick up the next tram. Backcountry hikers had to use the trams to access some trailheads. I thought it worked well.
- At 10:29pm on November 18, 2008,
frank and bonnie said… - Sandy, I'm posting a picture I made today relating to your blog post. The family cemetery is on the site where this marker is.
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- Hometown:
- Detroit, MI
- My favorite thing about the Smokies:
- LOTS! One area in particular is Cades Cove
& I Love When I see Black Bears!
Beauty of the whole Park, and how awesome it is!
- About Me:
- Love the outdoors, doing what I can to protect the envirnonment. Re-cycling, belonging to orgainzations, that protect and preserve Mainland and Hawaii's Environments, & Ecosystems....Cultures....
Member of Great Smoky Mountains Association & `Ahahui Malama I ka Lokahi (Hawaii)
Past Member of the Sierra Club
"Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the Earth are never alone or weary of life." Rachel Carson
Papillons 07-11-09.pps
"Earth Laughs In Flowers."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quote found in back of my WILDFLOWERS OF THE SMOKIES Guide Book
Trees
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
-- Joyce Kilmer
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The Smokies This Decemeber
Well it's been a while since I've checked in here...
Hope all of you are having a great Autumn!
Summer is gone, went by way too fast, and now this Fall, going by quickly.... Now "Falling Back" is at my door,
on the clock that is, as well as the Falling of leaves in my yard... all pretty too.
Any way, this morning I made some travel arrrangements. We're going to be in Pigeon Forge,
and the Smoky Mts. for our 38th wedding anniversary, in Dec. We usually go each year, for our
spec… Continue
Posted on October 29, 2009 at 10:00pm — 5 Comments
Fall Foilage Report on GMA Weekend Today
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerindex?id=8741227
Posted on October 3, 2009 at 6:13pm —
Samantha Brown of The Travel Channel Visits The Great Smoky Mts.
A few evenings ago me and hubby watched Samantha Brown's Great Weekends on TTC.
That particular show took her to do some hiking in the GSMNP up to Mt. Le Conte Lodge, and Rainbow Falls.
She also did some White Water Rafting, , and her travels took her over to Townsend; to explore the Tuckaleechee Caverns. After viewing the segment on it, my hubby wants to go exploring, I'm game too.
It looks pretty amazing down there! http://www.tuckaleecheecaverns.com.
Also I know I'd LOVE… Continue
Posted on September 20, 2009 at 8:40pm — 4 Comments
Came Across Some Quilt Barns Today
In my own area, ( the Cumberland Plateau) I came across these quilt barns.... well I'd call these structures storage bldgs, not true barns, but they serve the purpose...
Now the 3rd one I want to take a photo of, I did not get to yet,
and it is on an actual Barn....It has bright orange colors, and is a star pattern I think... ha!
Of the two photos, as far as the setting, and structure go, I like the one on Union Rd. Best..
I like… Continue
Posted on September 7, 2009 at 9:50pm — 8 Comments
Hiker, 70, overdue after trek in Smokies
http://www.newschannel5.com/global/story.asp?s=11008335
Posted on August 28, 2009 at 1:21pm — 8 Comments
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