The Great Smoky Mountains If you have never been to The Great Smoky Mountains‚ it is definitely worth the drive. We strapped our luggage to the top of my Jeep to save room for the three anxious kids and our over grown "puppy"‚ a five month old german shepherd/great pyrennee’s mix. With everyone packed in like sardines in a can‚ we set out on our much needed first family vacation! We left home on a rainy Wednesday morning‚ the day after Christmas.With the company of "The Blue Collar Comedy
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Americans played an important role in the development of the culture. The mountains kept insiders close and outsiders away. Thus they shared cultures‚ traditions‚ ways and beliefs. They lived independent lives yet maintained the family background that enabled them to come together in times of need. They shared music‚ religions and many other things (How do you know if you’re appalachian). The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains is a novel wrote by Mary Noailles Murfree in 1885. It is important
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Mountain Air Katelyn Lord Section 02 Throughout the year many people take trips to and vacation in other states. We all see rolling hills‚ flat plains‚ towering mountains‚ fast flowing rivers‚ and other exceptionally unique places. The one place I find more breathtaking than anything else‚ time and time again is the Smoky Mountains‚ particularly in Tennessee. The beauty of these land forms has brought my family and me back many times. No matter how many times we go back‚ there is always something
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nature and the mountains. With this love‚ comes a fascination for and desire to learn more about the areas that I adore the most. The Great Smoky Mountains Nation Park is one of those places. The park is a chain of preserved land that stretches from Gatlinburg‚ Tennessee to Cherokee‚ North Carolina‚ along Highway 441. In the midst of reading Dorie: Woman of the Mountains by Florence C. Bush‚ I was interested to learn that Dorie grew up in what is known today as The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Misty Sprout 5/3/2013 Smoky Mountains Most of the Smoky Mountains in the national park are sedimentary and were formed by accumulations of clay‚ silt‚ sand‚ gravel minor amount of calcium carbonate. The oldest of the sedimentary rock were formed during the Proterozoic Era about 800-545 million years ago. About 310-245 million years ago‚ the eastern edge of the North American tectonic plat collided with the African plate becoming part of a supercontinent. During one of earlier collisions‚ tremendous
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The Great Smoky Mountains The Great Smoky Mountains landform is mostly sedimentary rocks that were formed by the accumulation of sand‚ clay‚ silt‚ sand‚ gravel‚ and minor amounts of calcium carbonate in flat-lying layers. According to The Great Smoky Mountain’s website‚ about 545 million years ago the sediments were formed and large amounts of those sediments were washed down into lowland basins from adjacent highlands. The colliding between the edge of the North American tectonic plate and the
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United Nations chose this day‚ Dec. 11‚ to bring attention to the importance of mountains in everyday life. A quarter of the earth’s surface juts with mountains of all shapes and sizes‚ providing fresh water for over half of the world’s population‚ a plethora of minerals‚ and habitats enabling biodiversity and minerals. As perpetrators of climate change and resources for goods like honey‚ cocoa‚ herbs and spices‚ mountains prominently influence people’s lives around the globe whether we are aware of
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framed windows and opened the wooded blinds. Glancing out at the snow covered mountain tops that seem to outline the winter forest‚ was a breath taking sight. The trees seemed to dance in the wind and snowflakes landed so lightly against the tree tops. From the beautiful views to the enticing sounds of nature‚ all the ingredients to a perfect vacation lie right in the valley of the Gatlinburg‚ Tennessee Smoky Mountains. Sitting in the passenger seat of my boyfriend’s 2004 Buick‚ I watched the trees
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The Path I Chose to Take “My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there” -Charles F. Kettering- This time of the year high school seniors are making the biggest decision for their future‚ what path they will be taking for the next year. Some choose college‚ others the military‚ few people chose to take a leap year to take a break from school or travel and see the world. My choice is college. Although I have considered the military I believe that college will
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is consist of ridge upon ridge of seemingly endless forest on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee. Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established on June 15‚ 1934. Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers 522‚427 acres‚ making it one of the largest protected areas in the eastern United States. It is the most visited national park in the United
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