Cherokee National Forest

Laurel Falls – January Thaw 2014 Hike

Here is some good advice. If a rare photo opportunity becomes available, take it. In fact, jump all over it. This past week, most of the eastern US suffered through the frigid, bone chilling effects of what has become known as the 2014 Polar Vortex. This rare event occurs when part of the extreme cold …

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Backbone Rock & Falls – A Fantastic Fall Discovery!!

Sometimes it seems, the places we discover that we will treasure most, are the the ones we had no intentions of seeing in the first place. On a cloudy, cool, clammy day in mid to late October, my fiancĂ© and I were simply heading to Abingdon, Va for the day. The GPS chose a route …

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The Wonderful Waterfalls of the Elk River

This past Saturday, I took time to revisit the river where my love for waterfalls began. This meant a trip to the North Carolina-Tennessee state line area, just south and west of Boone, NC. This was a visit to the Elk River. About 6 or 7 years ago, while visiting family in Newland, NC for …

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