Cades Cove or bust…..
Cades Cove is a scenic valley in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, spanning parts of Tennessee and North Carolina. This lush basin, surrounded by misty mountains and dense forests, offers a glimpse into the region’s...
Category: National Parks
Hovenweep – a derivative of a Ute word meaning “deserted valley.”
Mesa Verde National Park was the main attraction to the area to see Ancestral Pueblo cliff dwellings. Everyone has heard of this amazing place. This was not our first time there. We had last visited when...
Not much smoke in the mountains…..but beautiful still
On my first outing in 2022, I find myself standing in the rain having what can only be described as a crazy good time in the mountains. (Well as crazy as nerdy landscape photographers can get...
Teddy Roosevelt camped here or 100 miles of perfect asphalt
Drove a perfect road today. Fresh two-lane asphalt for 96 miles; ND-16 north from I-94. Smooth long straightaways to let the truck run, leading into gradual sweeping S-turns that were there for no apparent reason except...
Flowers and Waterfalls with a couple of close calls thrown in..
A few weeks ago, we pointed the rig East again, this time to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is about a 500-mile drive from home to Townsend, TN where we parked the ORV for a week in the Little Arrow Outdoor Resort. I had registered us for a photography workshop concentrating on wildflowers and waterfalls with Mandy Lea Photo.
Yellowstome NP, a lifetime of memories
We stayed outside the Park in a commercial campground for a few expensive days because our first choice did not work out well. Our preference is to find a Forest Service campground or, better yet, a...
