Porter’s Creek-Brushy Mtn-GSMNP

Another day of hiking! This time we headed up Porter’s Creek and Brushy Mountain trails. No, we did not hike to the top (Mt. LeConte), just hiked a few hours up and a few hours…

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Tonight John and I went downtown Knoxville to enjoy the street festival, “Saturday Night on the Town.” We were previously unfamiliar with this particular event and I was not too enthusiastic about it when we…

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My Father’s Art World-An Evening Show

While my sister and future brother-in-law were busy clearing downed tree limbs in his future father-in-law’s yard, I accompanied his future father-in-law to the “Images of the Imagination” Art Show at the Farragut Town Hall.…

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Thursday night, the Sierra Club hosted a Beginning Backpackers Seminar under the leadership of Ron Shrieve and Steve Harvey. This was the club’s first effort with backpack training; Ron and Steve were unsure about the…

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Today was another hike day on the road to the West Coast Trail. We planned to hike the Noland Divide Trail but our plans changed quickly when we arrived at Sugarlands Visitors Center (Great Smoky…

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