I participated in the excellent Road Scholar program, “Choose
Your Pace: A Hiking Adventure in the Great Smokey Mountains”, from October 6 thru
11, 2019. We were provided a choice of three hikes each day, from 5 to 13 miles
in length ranging in difficulty from easy/moderate to strenuous. Every day was an
enjoyment: Super group participants, knowledgeable guides, and spectacular
Smoky Mountain scenery. Lodging and family-style meals were provided at the Great
Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont. This was my first Road Scholar activity;
it will not be my last. Very well done!
I hope you enjoy viewing these 49 photos.
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Little River near the entrance to the Great Smoky National Park |
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Little River along Laurel Creek Road |
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Middle Prong of the Little River along the Tremont Road |
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Ahhh ... in the Smokies at last! |
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Dormitory within the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont |
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Group Photo during the Roundtop Trail hike |
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Sourwood tree |
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Big Leaf Magnolia along the Roundtop Trail |
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Lynn Camp Cascades near the beginning of the Indian Flats Trail |
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Lynn Camp Prong |
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Dolls Eyes, aka White Baneberry (Actaea-pachypoda) |
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Group photo during the Indian Falls Trail hike |
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Downy Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera pubescens) |
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Another view of Lynn Camp Prong |
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Beginning of a series of Indian Flats Falls |
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Arch Rock along the Alum Cave Trail |
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Our guide, Joey, for the Alum Cave Trail |
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Inspiration Point - Rhododendron |
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Eye of the Needle |
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80-foot tall Alum Bluff |
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Alum Bluff Trail group photo |
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Trailhead for a hike on my own to Spruce Flats Falls |
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Base of Spruce Flats Falls |
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Little River at The Sinks |
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Umbrella Magnolia along the Meigs Mountain Trail |
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Interest rock 'sculpture' adjacent to the
parking lot of The Sinks
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