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Published: 2017-09-07 21:18:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 208; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 0
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As the Alcoa Ridge Runners return to the parking area from a hike to Spruce Flat Falls on Buckeye Trail in GSMNP, the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont comes into view. This school has trained many people who later donned the legendary flat hat of the Park Service.Click here to learn more.
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Many thanks, Ma'am. 
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People of all ages study here. Teachers will intern here and then bring their students on field trips to share what they learned. It is a fascinating campus. There are others similar out west in Yellowstone, etc..
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Oh that's so Cool!
HasΒ Irma come by to say hello? We're getting some of it rain-wise Thursday and Friday. Β
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I think you would love Tremont. 
Irma is extending her outer bands across Tennessee, most of the energy being spent while it was churning through the middle of the state. Irma has crossed Georgia and Alabama, using up most of the moisture she guzzled up from the gulf. Right now, the (now tropical) storm is going toward the west and most of its fury has missed us. I must comment that we have not gone unscathed as there has been some flooding in the wetlands and gale force winds with driving rain up on the ridges. All told, we have been very fortunate here so far.
The big worry is tonight when we get the 50+MPH gusts as the trailing edge of the once fierce hurricane passes by. Those kinds of wind tear things up some. Rangers are expecting a lot of blowdowns in the park, so many of the wilderness sectors are now closed until the sevier weather event is over. By Wednesday, all will clear off and the typical end of summer sweltering heat and humidity will return, along with the last swarm of skeeters...
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Hahaha... Speaking of those skeeters... I hate bugs with a passion!
If I'm in your neck of the woods, you'd know by the sound of screams
and quick movement through the trees. Β That'd be me trying to get away
from something buzzing by my ear just trying to be friendly!
Not afraid of the big animals just spiders, flies, bees and wasps! Β
Outdoors is always better in the Fall with cool crisp air.
You might be busy with clean up tomorrow. Hope it won't be too challenging.
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Well, I carry bug repellent in my day bag on a hike. These woods are filled with flying biting and stinging things. Also, it is prudent to use extreme caution at camp. Tents stay zipped shut. Smelly stuff is in bags on wires out of bear's reach. Hands and belongings are clean and do not smell of supper.
It has been said by old time rangers that tourists in sleeping bags are the soft tacos of the bear world in this park. I dunno. Never had an issue with bears, though there was a close encounter at Campsite #15 on Scott Mountain. A large male padded through camp and chewed on the wire handles.
Small critters do not bother me. Must taste bad, I guess. Probably smell even worse. I eat a lot of hot pepper laced food because I love Bolivian and Mexican cooking. Skeeters and pepper do not mix. As to stinging critters, I give those a slow wide berth as to not aggitate them.
In the woods, you are going to encounter all manner of plants and animals. Know that humas are invaders. This is the home of the wild things.. We must step lightly. Leafve nothing but footprints. Take nothing but pictures. Remember how we came in, so we can find our way out...
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Oh that why those skeeter like to nibble on me. I don each hot peppers!
I agree. The outdoor is their home. When they come into mine... different story.
I like that phrase, leave it as you find it.
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You are so sweet that them skeeters find you irresistable.
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If you hike with me, I will make sure to fend off the insects and arachnids. It's the bigger critters I am always alert to, such as snakes and bears. These can and will hurt an unsuspecting or careless woodsman... One can never be too careful. Camp is especially risky because critters like to get in your stuff...
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Many thanks, my friend.
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many welcome my dear friendΒ
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