Smoky Mountain bears prove elusive
Animals, wild animals in their natural habitat, are among the attractions that make Great Smoky Mountain National Park the most visited park in the nation. We toured a sizable chunk of the park by car last week and saw a few deer grazing in roadside …
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Cemetery visits canceled, visitors ignoring closures
Shirley Crisp can't walk the six-mile, uphill path to her grandfather's gravesite in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. So the 77-year-old depends on the National Park Service to get her there once a year. With the federal government shutdown …
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