by Don McGowan | Apr 24, 2021 | April 2021, Uncategorized
Although the Foothills Parkway West is not technically within the boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, it is a unit of the Department of the Interior and is administered by the National Park Service. From the Miller’s Cove Overlook along this road...
by Don McGowan | Apr 16, 2021 | April 2021, Uncategorized
Mid-April in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is about the flowering of the shrubs and small trees, especially the dogwoods (Cornus florida) and redbuds (Cercis canadensis). While the dogwoods bloom throughout the forest understory below 4000′, redbuds seem...
by Don McGowan | Apr 10, 2021 | April 2021, Uncategorized
Pandemics can be downright inconvenient for everyone. In the past I have posted images from our work with the Appalachian Barn Alliance. Bonnie and I both believe strongly in the mission and the work of this small, rural, 501 (C) (3)organization dedicated to the...
by Don McGowan | Apr 4, 2021 | April 2021, Uncategorized
Barely two miles downstream from where Ramsay Prong and Buck Fork have joined their waters to become Middle Prong, a huge Thunderhead Sandstone outcrop on river left forces the nascent Middle Prong over several rocky cataracts and down to river right around the...
