Description:


This is episode number 6.1, the first episode in our series on Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Bryan and Danielle reminisce about their first camping trip there in the spring of 2017. Support our show on Patreon. For show notes or to become a Patron, go to everybodysnationalparks.com.


Discussion includes the following:


· Brief description of our trip (3:40)


· Cades Cove: Campground, Loop, Visitors Center (4:28)


· White Oak Sink Trail to see wildflowers (12:53)


· Laurel Falls Trail (19:16)


· Cosby Campground (24:15)


· First daughter share story of her bike riding accident (25:25)


· Cataloochee (30:15)


· 2nd daughter shares biking incident and hiking the Boogerman trail in Cataloochee (31:43)


· Appalachian Trail at Davenport Gap (35:34)


· Porters Creek Trail Near Greenbrier Cove (36:44)


· Rainbow Falls (38:30)


· Junior Ranger Day at Sugarlands Visitor Center (40:26)



· Gatlinburg (43:35)


Resources:


Great Smoky Mountains National Park


Cades Cove - NPS


Cades Cove


Park Limits Access in Whiteoak Sink Area to Protect Declining Bat Populations (3/28/17)


Whiteoak Sink



Laurel Falls


Cosby Campground


Great Smoky Mounains: Off the Beaten Path


Cataloochee


Boogerman Trail


Great Smoky Mountains: Kid Friendly Hikes


Porters Creek Trail


Rainbow Falls



Great Smoky Mountains: Visitor Centers