About Sevier County, TN

There are so many reasons I think this is the perfect place to live--I just have to keep adding to the list!

• They let school out early and close the streets, print "We Love You Dolly" Posters in the newspaper to wave at Dolly when she leads the parade.

• The Home Depot lets you take carpet samples out on "The Honor System".
• You really CAN smell the honeysuckle while you are eating roasted corn and listening to country music at the Bloomin' BBQ festival.

• I saw 5 bears in Cades Cove this week!

The Cherokee people called the Great Smoky Mountains "Shaconage," or "place of blue smoke." It is a place of remarkable natural beauty, incredible views, and sparkling streams.

It is an ancient place, created by the cataclysmic collision of the continents which forced the formation of the tallest mountains on earth. But because these are also among the oldest peaks on the planet, they have been worn down and eroded over millions of years into their present state.

So although they are no longer the tallest or the biggest mountains in the world, they remain among the most beautiful.

Photos courtesy of Richard Weisser and SmokyPhotos.com

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I'm always looking to market my work (http:www.Knoxtours.net), and provide services that will benefit people. I found another one -- My wife and I own a log cabin (http://www.thedancingbearcabin.com) in Wears Valley, in Sevierville, in East Tennessee. It's a great place! but, affording a couple of homes these days gets kinda hard, so we started looking for ways to ease up our tight money situation. Our cabin is managed by Brothers Cove Cabin Rentals (http://www,brotherscove.com). They've been looking for ways to expand their rental marketing, they wanted pictures of their people doing what their people do, show off their facilities and showcase the cabins using my virtual tours; so I gave them my offer -- a few ideas on how best to use my services and a few discounted incentives. I'm photographing everything now, it's going to take a little while, but I'm enjoying myself -- and it's a great way to get Knoxtours.net known to the Wears Valley area. The best part is I'm providing help to all the other cabin owners, assisting them in getting their cabins rented more often and maybe even help get several of them sold, and also a great chance to help Brothers Cove while I'm helping myself. It is a win-win situation for everyone; to me, its just good business to help the people who help you. I'm getting Knoxtours.net out there, doing good business!

To climb o'er root and rock aloft
Through rhododendron tunnel shafts
Creation's ancient crevice seeps
Along the way to Chimney's peaks.
( R Weisser )

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited National Park in the system. It lies within a day's drive of half of the population of the United States.

The park is designated as an international biosphere preserve and contains a wide variety of flora and fauna specimens.

Of all of the mountain peaks in the park, none are more easily recognized that the Chimney Tops. The Chimneys owes their name to chimney like stone outcropping at the top of the mountain. From these rocks, you get a spectacular 360 degree view of the Tennessee side of the National Park.

The Chimney Tops Trail is one of the most popular in the park. The 4 mile round trip hike takes you on a 1500' climb to the 4730' summit. Although steep in a few places, and occasionally slippery in spots, the average family in decent shape can do the hike in about 3 hours.

Even if you're not up for a hike to the top, there are plenty of excellent vantage points for photographing the famous peaks. Be sure to use the pull-outs and always watch for traffic as this is a very congested are in the park.

To get there, take US 441 ( The Newfound Gap Road) south from the Sugarlands Visitor's Center. When you pass the Chimneys Picnic area on the right, continue south until you go through the tunnel. As soon as you get through the tunnel, the trail head is on your right.

The Chimney tops are truly a Smokies' landmark. Be sure to include a hike to the summit the next time you visit Gatlinburg Tennessee!

Photos, from top: The Chimeys in Autumn, Rock outcropping on the peak, foliage along the Chimney Tops Trail, looking from the tall Chimney to the lower one, the Chimneys in the morning!

Learn More about the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at SmokyPhotosBlog.com!

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This week we returned from our 4 day road trip to Gatlinburg TN and back. This was our 3rd year in a row traveling to the Great Smoky Mountains and it was just a beautiful the 3rd time as it was the first time I saw them.

Vacations are definitely more difficult with a 2 year old in tow, but couple that with 3 other kids deep in the throws of sibling rivalry, a mom 7 months pregnant for the 5th time, and a dad who is used to the sweet retreat of a 9-5 day job, and you have the makings of a Griswald family vacation!

What doesn't kill you on a road trip... will make for the stories that become well-told family folklore :)

I won't go in to the gory details of the vacation that almost put all of us in the funny farm, but I will share some of my favorite photos from the beautiful Smoky Mountains in Gatlinburg TN.

If you get a chance to take a road trip this summer, I highly recommend making your way through Gatlinburg. It's quite breathtaking, especially coming from the flat farmland of the midwest!