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This week’s National Park Feature: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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The Great Smoky Mountains are the most popular national park in the US, thanks to beautiful forested mountains, babbling rivers, and picturesque hiking trails surrounded by wildflowers.
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ICONS: The Great Smoky Mountains get their name from the haze above the forested, rolling mountains that is created by hydrocarbons in the air released from all the vegetation. One popular spot in the park is the Newfound Gap near the Charles Bunion Trail - it’s one of the park’s highest points and the most popular view. Clingmans Dome is another popular mountaintop (at 6,643 ft.) with a nearby visitors center. Lastly, there’s the ecosystems: the woodlands are filled with different kinds of trees, and there are over 1,600 varieties of wildflowers throughout the park.
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THINGS TO DO: Some of the best hiking trails include the 2-mile Chimney Tops Trail, hiking to Mount Cammerer, the Alum Cave Trail, and even a taste of the Appalachian Trail! For driving, you won’t want to miss the Blue Ridge Parkway, a relaxing drive that stretches 469 miles through the Appalachian Highlands from Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Shenandoah National Park.
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HISTORY: Cherokees lived in the region before the arrival of European settlers, and frontiers people began settling in the 18th century. Much of the area was logged in the mid-1800s, and there was a movement to begin to preserving the land. The US government, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and private citizens pitched in to assemble land for the park. It was chartered by Congress in 1934 and officially became a national park with Pres. Franklin Roosevelt in 1940.
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Even more info in comments below! Next week’s feature: Shenandoah National Park
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Good morning!! .
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Are these two not a couple of goddesses?! Like come on! I’m up and headed back to the sunflowers for more sessions today and tomorrow. I am knee deep in editing, but loving every second of it! Thank you so much to everyone who booked a sunflower this year and can’t wait to do it again in two years. I hope you have an amazing weekend! ✨
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~A Touch of Heaven~
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Radiant rays of light emanate from the glow of the setting sun behind the picturesque bur oak tree in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Hope everyone’s having a great weekend♂️
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“Don’t let the sun go down on your anger.” Christian counselors report that 50 percent of people who come in for counseling have problems dealing with anger. Scripture says, “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry.” Why does scripture say get over your anger before the sun sets? The rest of the verse shows why “and do not give the devil a foothold” Ephesians 4:26-27. The keeping of anger through the darkness of night, is giving place to the devil, the prince of darkness, Ephesians 6:12. Sometimes we are rightfully angry but listen to this. "If you have been provoked and have had your spirits greatly discomposed, and if you have bitterly resented any affront that has been offered, before night calm and quiet your spirits, be reconciled to the offender, and let all be well again: Let not the sun go down upon your wrath. If it burn into wrath and bitterness of spirit, O see to it that you suppress it speedily.” ref. Matthew Henry. If you are angry at God or man can I encourage you today to let it go before the sun goes down tonight. It will change who you are if you stop holding on to anger and bitterness.
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It was about 3am when I started to make my solo journey down from The Great Smoky Mountain’s tallest peak, Clingman’s Dome. The air was brisk but silent with short bursts of fog flying through the air. I won’t lie, I wasn’t so relaxed - I was alone with no one in sight and the words of TN locals “be careful of the bears” lingered in my thoughts. I spotted this tree with the Milky Way hanging out on the side of it so I decided to lay down the tripod and take a few shots. Hope you enjoy ♥️
A huge Thank You to @greatsmokynps and @nationalparkservice for the lovely trails and all that you do
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“Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, days in whose light everything seems equally divine, opening a thousand windows to show us, God.” ~ John Muir .
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Happy Sunday Cabin Peeps! Time to plan your Smoky Mountain trip? Be sure to visit our link in Bio or VRBO.com/171143
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