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Photo gallery: Smoky Mountains

Smoky Mountains posts

Smoky Mountains video clips

On the Little River trail…

…trout fishing…

…small cascades of…

…very clean water…

…side stream

Typical trail sign…

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First mountain laurel sighting

Old house in Elkmont…

…common sight

Elkmont resort…

…old resort cabin…

…resort house

Our camp site right on the river……

…”smoking” after brief rain

West Prong trailhead…

…bye-bye Forester…

…up the mountain…

…in rain for a time…

…dry-crossing West Prong Little River

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…on trail lined with rhododendrons…

…flame azaleas…

…and mountain laurels

Time to pick-up my backpack…

…and walk on Bote Mountain highway…

…to AT and Spence Field

Bears…

…with our stuff bearproofed..

…we can take short hike…

…through Spence Field…

…to AT

Panoramic views…

…in the direction of Mollies Ridge

Mountain laurel in full bloom…

…laurel and azalea…

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…azalea…

AT sneaking through dense forest…

…and rhododendron tunnels

Russell closed, stones on the bench for fighting off bears

Fern forest

Resident deer at Mollies

Thru-hikers have to pitch their tents if the shelter is fulll

Settled for the night before dark

Leaving Mollies

…

…to Gregory Bald

Gregory Bald…

…bald

View towards Cades Cove down in the valley

Azaleas, pink…

…orange…

…red

Trail to Sheep Pen Gap campsite

Our camp, watching for bears in forest down the slope…

…before we start cooking in our camp kitchen

Bearproofed

Walked again through azalea labyrinth…

…at Gregory Bald…

…talked to park workers

Stopped at Mollies for a short break…

…and were chased off by black flies at Russell

At Spence, watching camp fire from our shelter bench/bed

Time to get-up…

…our mess…

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…but we are not in a hurry

Rocky Top, view towards Spence Field…

…and Clingmans Dome

Thunderhead Mountain ahead

Thunderhead Mountain

Later in the season bears come here…

…for raspberries and blueberries

At Derrick, breakfast with rangers…

…and we are on the way

Miry Ridge trail

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Wild pig mud bath

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Bathtub at our campsite…

…and kitchen/dinning room…

…at Marks Cove

Did not have to use bear amo

All packed to go

Indian Flats Falls

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Middle Prong trail down to Upper Tremont Road

Middle Prong Little River

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White rhododendrons…

…first to bloom at lower elevation

Lynn Camp Prong Falls

Old Tremont Road

Back at West Prong trailhead

Dinner at Trailhead Steak & Trout House in Townsend

Crossing Kentucky on the way to Chicago

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