The Elk mostly disappeared from the mountains of the eastern United States. Reintroduction of elk into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park began in 2001 when 25 elk were brought from the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area along the Tennessee-Kentucky border. Despite early struggles, including predation by black bears on young calves, the elk population in the SmokiesContinue reading “Todays Images • Elk In Smokey Mountains National Park”
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A Day On Montserrat Mountain, Spain
An Easy Day Trip From Barcelona A short trip out of Barcelona, Spain is to the mountain of Montserrat. It is a mountain famous for rock climbing, great hiking trails, grand vistas and is a religious site with a Basilica, monastery, convents and a number of shrines. Getting To The Mountain From Barcelona From BarcelonaContinue reading “A Day On Montserrat Mountain, Spain”
Todays Image • Linville Falls
Linville Falls on the Blue Ridge Parkway consists of two different trails along with several wilderness trails for serious hiking: The falls trails are the upper twin falls, and the trail to the larger lower falls. The trails are marked leading to these falls, with the lower falls being visible from the upper twin fallsContinue reading “Todays Image • Linville Falls”
The National Parks of Utah
Search Our Site. Enter Key Word Or Phrase Below After spending a week on an organized land tour (Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, etc.), we picked up a rental car in Salt Lake City with accommodations booked in Moab, Panguitch, Springdale and Los Vegas, Nevada. We started out taking US15 south from Salt Lake City and thenContinue reading “The National Parks of Utah”
Scotland And The Falls Of Foyers
There are thousands of worthwhile travel sites to be explored but Georgina is one of my favorite travel bloggers. If you haven’t made her acquaintance drop by her site Timeless Travel Steps – you’ll be glad you found it. She really dives into a location and does an incredible job of making you feel likeContinue reading “Scotland And The Falls Of Foyers”
Utah’s 9 Mile Canyon
A Journey Into America’s Past In the remote Utah desert, about 125 miles south from Salt Lake City, is Nine Mile Canyon. The area is filled with tens of thousands of petroglyphs and pictographs, some thousands of years old. The earliest were produced by hunter-gatherer cultures of the mid-to-late Archaic periods from almost 7,000 yearsContinue reading “Utah’s 9 Mile Canyon”
The Intentional Travelers 