Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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On Wednesday, May 23, 2012; Jim and Judy left the timeshare in Sevierville, TN by 10 AM traveling over the Great Smoky Mountains, through North Carolina, Athen, GA to Macon and to Valdosta. It took 10.5 hrs. There was a 40 minute delay going to the top of the Smokies because they are repaving the road. We stopped at a Wendy’s in Clayton, GA for a small lunch, and in Vienna, GA at a Huddle House for a quick supper. It was good to arrive home around 8:30 PM.

Serviceberry is recurring harbinger of spring – Smoky Mountain News
In June 2005, a selection of his Back Then columns was published by The History Press in Charleston as Mountain Passages: Natural and Cultural History of Western North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains. Readers can contact him at P.O. Box 1262, …
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The magic of opening day of trout season
Things have altered markedly in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as well. Where once the fishing season stretched only from early May through September, now in Park waters you can fish throughout the year. Indeed, about the only constant has …
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