by Mike Wendland | Aug 2, 2018 | Trips, Videos
We just spent a fabulous week in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina filled with lots of outside fun like whitewater rafting and mountaintop zip lining. It was a very busy week in one of the most beautiful spots in North Carolina. We took a train ride deep into the...
by Mike Wendland | Jul 9, 2018 | People & Places
This week's Ask Us Anything live broadcast came from Bryson City, NC, in the heart of the Smoky Mountains where we will be spending most if the week at another one of our Roadtreking gatherings. This one is themed around all the awesome rivers here, offering our...
by Yan Seiner | Jun 26, 2016 | Yan Seiner
During our Smoky Mountains Photo Safari a handful of us decided to go on an overnight hike, starting at Clingman's Dome. The goal was to meet up with another, smaller group at Siler's Bald. That meeting never took place; instead we had a grand time with some...
by Mike Wendland | Jun 25, 2016 | Trips
What a great week it was, bringing 30 RVs to the Roadtreking Great Smoky Mountains for a week of hiking and photographing one of the most beautiful spots in North America. We keep all of our Roadtreking gatherings to about this number as that is the maximum size (it...
by Mike Wendland | Jun 17, 2016 | Guest Post, People & Places
By Doug and Nancy Piper In an isolated part of the Great Smoky Mountains National park, scientists have discovered the western hemisphere’s largest emergence of synchronous fireflies (lightening bugs). It occurs about the first week of every June and only lasts for...