My Special Season: Spring wildflowers in the Smokies

Posted by on Apr 9, 2018 in My Special Season | No Comments

Without a shadow of a doubt, the Smoky Mountains have the finest assortment of flowers that I have ever seen! In this post, I will highlight some of the spring flowers that I have seen in the Park and where I saw them. My favorite so far has been the Fringed Phacelia, with it’s fallen […]

My Special Season-Bears in Winter

Posted by on Jan 10, 2018 in My Special Season | No Comments

This new post will focus on what makes the Smoky Mountains special in a given season, this one is about bears in the Park and the surrounding areas during winter. One misunderstood fact regarding hibernators in the Southern Appalachians is the black bear and it’s hibernating habits. Whereas critters like chipmunks (true hibernators) almost always […]