Great Smoky Mountains Association Video Blog: Spend a Relaxing Minute in the Mountains

Cool Digs

By admin • August 25, 2008

I used to dream about discovering Incan gold when I was a little kid… and then I took an archaeology class during high school and realized there was NO WAY I had the patience to slowly scrape dirt away and meticulously record where it came from. In six weeks of excavating, I also found nothing, and suffered from a lot of poison ivy.

But filming archaeologists is pretty fun, and they seem to enjoy what they’re doing… especially when they’re actually finding interesting Cherokee artifacts! Click the photo below to hear about the major dig site of the summer!

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Smokey Bear says…

By admin • August 18, 2008

Visit the Mount Cammerer firetower, one of the few remaining lookout towers in the Smokies!

There are several trails to the Cammerer firetower, but all of them are long and steep (the shortest route is over ten miles round trip)… just take it easy and stop frequently, because it’s definitely worth the climb. And because you walk on the Appalachian Trail for a few miles, you’ll probably meet some interesting people: I chatted with two guys from England, a dozen people from Florida who were freezing (it was in the mid-60s) and a couple from the Netherlands who liked “Elvis and being close to nature.”

Firetowers like this one date from the days when millions of board feet of lumber were being hauled off the Smokies’ slopes and fires ignited regularly in the denuded landscape, burning valuable timber. Today, it’s a great spot to eat lunch and admire the beauty of the national park!

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A sneak peek!

By admin • August 11, 2008

Here’s a glimpse at the film I’m currently working on: click the photo below!

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