Description:

This is episode number 6.1, the first episode in our series on Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Bryan and Danielle reminisce about their first camping trip there in the spring of 2017. Support our show on Patreon. For show notes or to become a Patron, go to everybodysnationalparks.com.

Discussion includes the following:

· Brief description of our trip (3:40)

· Cades Cove: Campground, Loop, Visitors Center (4:28)

· White Oak Sink Trail to see wildflowers (12:53)

· Laurel Falls Trail (19:16)

· Cosby Campground (24:15)

· First daughter share story of her bike riding accident (25:25)

· Cataloochee (30:15)

· 2nd daughter shares biking incident and hiking the Boogerman trail in Cataloochee (31:43)

· Appalachian Trail at Davenport Gap (35:34)

· Porters Creek Trail Near Greenbrier Cove (36:44)

· Rainbow Falls (38:30)

· Junior Ranger Day at Sugarlands Visitor Center (40:26)

· Gatlinburg (43:35)

Resources:

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Cades Cove - NPS

Cades Cove

Park Limits Access in Whiteoak Sink Area to Protect Declining Bat Populations (3/28/17)

Whiteoak Sink

Laurel Falls

Cosby Campground

Great Smoky Mounains: Off the Beaten Path

Cataloochee

Boogerman Trail

Great Smoky Mountains: Kid Friendly Hikes

Porters Creek Trail

Rainbow Falls

Great Smoky Mountains: Visitor Centers