Sunday, December 29, 2013

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

In 2012, I traveled to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Here is an overview of select images from my trip last fall to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee.



A waterfall leading into the Little River.


A waterfall leading into the Little River.


A waterfall leading into the Little River.


Fall colors still remain on the banks of the Little River. 


Rhododendrons reach over the waters of the Oconaluftee River.


Early morning light amongst rhododendrons along the Alum Cave Bluffs Trail.


Fresh frost on ferns and other forest floor vegetation.


A black bear rubs its back on a tree in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 


Water rushes down boulders of Alum Cave Creek.


Alum Cave Creek.


Fresh frost among the forest along Alum Cave Creek.


The Alum Cave Bluffs Trail in morning light.


Fog fills the valley below the Alum Cave Bluffs.


The Alum Cave Bluffs.


Alum Cave Creek.


A female elk grazes during a rainstorm in late fall. 


Historic cabins are part of the farm museum in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.


Rhododendrons.


Fresh frost on forest of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Rhododendrons along the trail to Laurel Falls.


Fresh frost in the Smoky Mountains.


Fresh frost in the Smoky Mountains. 


Fog fills the Gatlinburg valley below Clingman's Dome.


Sunrise from Clingman's Dome.


Sunrise from Clingman's Dome.


Sunrise from Clingman's Dome.


Sunrise from Clingman's Dome. 


Observation Tower at Clingman's Dome.


Laurel Falls.


Laurel Falls.


Laurel Falls.


Laurel Falls.


Laurel Falls


Laurel Falls.


Mountains viewed from the Blue Ridge Parkway.


Mountains viewed from the Blue Ridge Parkway.


A mill in Cade's Cove.


Ogle's Cabin


Mountains viewed from the Blue Ridge Parkway.


A turkey.


Mingus Mill.

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