Improved version. Old version: Great Smoky Mts Landscapes – Sherry Felix – port4u
Swinging Bridges Vista Point
Great Smokey Mountains
Clingman’s Dome
A new edit of this photograph. During the summer i am not spending many hour outdoors in the heat so I will be reposting some enhancements of old work. The original edit: https://port4u.net/2024/05/31/clingmans-dome/#jp-carousel-27108
Nantahala Gorge Scenery
Some views from the Great Smokey Mts RR train.
The water level in Fontana Lake in the gorge was way down on purpose for dam maintenance. We were told it will be refilled in May for the summer. Then the floating cabins will float.
The train makes a stop where the engine is switched to the other end. There I bought a shirt at the NOC Outfitters store by Silvermine Creek and the Appalachian Trail. The shirt was labeled my size but when I tried it on later found that it would cover two of me. I use it as a night gown.
Nantahala Gorge GMS RR
The word “Nantahala” is a Cherokee word, meaning “Sun between them.” In some spots, the sun reaches the floors of the deep gorges of the forest only when it is high overhead at midday.
To give Marc most of a day off from driving I booked a day long trip on the Premium Open-Air Gondola with dining for the Nantahala Gorge Excursion | Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in NC. Visit their site Great Smoky Mountains Railroad for history and details. The tour guide was excellent and entertaining. The lunch was boring. And I underestimated the weather, so we were cold. Overall, it was great fun.
Farm Museum
The Mountain Farm Museum is a collection of farm buildings assembled from locations throughout the Great Smoky Mountains Park. Visitors can explore a log farmhouse, barn, apple house, springhouse, and a working blacksmith shop to get a sense of how families may have lived one hundred years ago. Most of the structures were built in the late 19th century and were moved here in the 1950s. The Davis House offers a rare chance to view a log house built from chestnut wood before the chestnut blight decimated the American Chestnut in our forests during the 1930s and early 1940s. The museum is adjacent to the Oconaluftee Visitor Center.
For Thursday Doors https://nofacilities.com/2024/06/06/carnegie-science-center/
Great Smokey Mts Nature
An small assortment of wildlife and plants that we found in the Blue Ridge Mountains and Gatlinburg.
Great Smoky Mts Landscapes
Views from a couple of lookouts along Newfoundland Gap Road plus one waterfall photograph. Time of day and how much foreground changes the look of the image. Changing the skies would change the feeling a lot too.
Mingus Mill
Half a mile north of the Oconaluftee Visitor Center is Mingus Mill. Built in 1886, this historic gristmill uses a water-powered turbine instead of a water wheel to power all of the machinery in the building. Water flows down a millrace to the mill. There is a working cast iron turbine. When it is open a miller demonstrates the process of grinding corn into cornmeal. Mingus Mill is temporarily closed for preservation and rehabilitation work.
7 Facts About Mingus Mill – Grist Mill in the Smoky Mountains Also read the fascinating history of Charles Mingus – Wikipedia.
