Except for a few hours of sun, and one glorious sunny Saturday, it has been cold and rainy and foggy the past couple of weeks. I watched as the mountains turned…
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The following weekend Sly and I decided to investigate the trail. We crossed the street and followed a little road past some stores selling outdoor clothing and some street vendors selling…
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Old Rag has eluded us for years now -- a glaring white box on our mental East Coast to do list that we had yet to check. It has loomed over…
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At over 6,600 feet, Clingmans Dome is the highest point in Great Smoky Mountains, in Tennessee, and the 3rd highest point East of the Mississsippi. It is also the highest point…
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CABINS Great Smoky Mountains HIKING NATIONAL PARKS TENNESSEEGREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS | Visual Guide to Alum Cave Trail
We took the same trail trail back down Mt. LeConte. Even though there were several trails we wanted to explore all of those ended up in a different parking lot and…
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CABINS Great Smoky Mountains HIKING NATIONAL PARKS TENNESSEEGREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS | Mt. LeConte Summit – Sunset From Cliff Top
The wind blew pretty hard up at Cliff Top. Some ill-prepared people gave up early while others, like us and our cabin neighbors, waited it out. On their way back down…
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Tiny rugged cabins at the top of the mountain are the stuff dreams are made of. I'm not sure how I first heard about these cabins but I knew the…
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CABINS Great Smoky Mountains HIKING NATIONAL PARKS TENNESSEEGREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS | Alum Cave Trail
At about the halfway point we stopped at Alum Cave, which was actually not a cave but still looked cave-y enough and provided welcome relief from the heat. As usual we…
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Our first order of business once arriving to Duck Harbor was to get on the trail and take full advantage of the day. The park ranger suggested that we hike to…