Great Smoky Mountains National Park Great Smoky Mountains National Park preserves a portion of the Appalachian Mountain range along the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, where forested ridges, deep valleys, and high elevation peaks form one of the most biologically diverse regions in North America. The mountains developed through long geological processes associated with […]
Congaree National Park Congaree National Park preserves one of the largest intact old-growth bottomland hardwood forests remaining in the southeastern United States, located within the floodplain of the Congaree and Wateree Rivers in central South Carolina. The landscape is shaped by periodic flooding that deposits nutrient-rich sediment, supporting the growth of exceptionally tall trees and […]
Everglades was one of the first National Parks Randy and I visited together in 2008. After hiking in waist-high water through Cyprus Domes, we realized that we had been hiking with alligators! Good god, I don’t think I want to do that again!