by Lui Umano | May 30, 2015 | May 2015
It seems to have happened so quickly, that just a few days ago the new growth on the hardwoods and conifers of the Smokies had unfurled to reveal a fresh season of green; but now summer has arrived way ahead of time. In the last week of April, on an otherwise sunny...
by Lui Umano | May 22, 2015 | May 2015
As Middle Prong of Little Pigeon River gets ready to brook the lower rapid near the Greenbrier entrance of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, it ponds behind the outcropped rock strata that stretches across the stream. There it turns to seek the relatively narrow...
by Lui Umano | May 16, 2015 | May 2015
There are more than nine hundred miles of streams in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, making a personal choice for “favorite stretch of water” more than just a little difficult. I do know that very near the top of the list would always be Middle Prong...
by Lui Umano | May 8, 2015 | May 2015
One year ago yesterday I found myself in Chaco Culture National Historical Park for the first time. I was excited to be there. I had read books, studied maps, consulted the sunrise/sunset tables for the area, and talked to everyone I knew who had been there and even...
by Lui Umano | May 2, 2015 | May 2015
Knowing when to be somewhere at the right time is always helpful; but sometimes you find an unexpected surprise waiting. When I went to play with the sidelight streaming across the base of Sugarland Mountain and upper Sugarland Valley, I was completely surprised by...
