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    Wonder why the Great Smoky Mountains are called “smoky”? Which are also known as the Great Smokies. It is because the fog overshadows the mountains and the valleys. When visiting, you can see the fog just sitting there. The Great Smoky Mountains are the most visited national park of all the national parks. My family and I took a vacation in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. We rented a big beautiful cabin in Gatlinburg. While vacationing in the attractive mountains, on a beautiful sunny fall

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    An adventurous vacation that turned into the most fearful and freighting experience in my life and everyone involved. The Great Smoky Mountains, a national park to the North of Carolina often called one of the most beautiful and extraordinary nature parks in the United States. Most tourists who visit this national park are looking for Great adventures and to find themselves interacting with mother Earth. I vividly remember how it all started. It was a Sunday night. All of our friends reunited

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    The story of Horace Kephart started in a library. He was trained as a librarian, but wanted to be a great author. He eventually became known as the most important father of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. He was called this because he contributed to the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park more than almost anyone else! He had a little taste for adventure, and wanted to see, and do new things. The only thing standing in his way: was his drinking problem. He would drink and drink

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    Has anyone here ever, heard the words, Smoky Mountains. If so, then they are either referring to my National Park, or Global Warming. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the only National Park that has Geysers that spit up smoke. It also is the only Park with an excessively long name. Now you may be wondering why the Great Smoky Mountains are great. You can look around, to find a Park that has a nice place to Camp, Fish, have a Picnic, but almost all of them are either uncomfortable, have no

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    April 30: Today was the first day we spent at the world's most visited national park, The Great Smoky Mountains. We got here at 7:00 AM. The Great Smoky Mountains are located between North Carolina and Tennessee. According to my research that I did before we came, The Great Smoky Mountains have many things like Black Bears, Cades Cove, lots of flowers, and many things things to do. We haven't done anything yet but we will start everything tomorrow. We are gonna stay for 5 days. April 31: Last night

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    clear day in August. The mountains I saw ahead were too dark to be distinguishable from one another. For that brief minute, the sun had disappeared. Seeing the total solar eclipse was the best experience of my summer and one of the best experiences of my life. My family and I went to go see it in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. I had been really excited for this moment because of how long I’d been anticipating it. Plus I’d been to the Great Smoky Mountains before and I really enjoyed

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    Similar to other national parks in the country, bicycles are generally allowed on most roads in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Although this is the case for most, if not all roads, it is important to bear in mind that inclement weather and other unfavorable conditions should dictate when you should explore these trails. As most of the national park is geared towards hikers, campers and individuals who simply would like to explore nature, this in no way means that trails meant specifically

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    The author of the excerpt "Great Smoky Mountains National Park" is able to convey that the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains was successful. He is able to do so by revealing the popularity of the park today and by telling how the park is full of biodiversity and beauty. One way that the author way able to convey his opinion of the success of the national park was by revealing its popularity. In the first paragraph of the selection he states that the Great Smoky Mountains National Park,which is located

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    “The sensation of sitting underneath a full moon on a star-filled night in the middle of the nearby Great Smoky Mountains National Park.” The Dixie Stampede dinner show offers a perfect atmosphere with adventurous activities and friendly competition. Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede can be seen in either Pigeon Forge, Tennessee or Branson, Missouri. People who have enjoyed their visit at the Dixie Stampede dinner show would recommend the attraction to any family. The Dixie Stampede dinner show attraction

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    The CCC under his New Deal program, prompted the young males of America the chance to work and bring in money for their graving families, who were suffering during the Depression. They were working outside all the time, so it would better their overall physical appearance, but also their mental health too. FDR used the CCC to get the young men of America to become manlier. This ties to Teddy Roosevelt’s propaganda about America needing to show off their manliness to the rest of the world. The CCC

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