Ecology Class Smokies Trip-- Fall '98

 
 
Albert starting the day with an
introduction to the Smokies, and telling
about all the great places we would visit....
 
 
...but couldn't  because the bridges were out.
This was our only view of the Greenbrier watershed.
 
So on to Plan B-- the Albright Grove Nature trail
 
 
 
 
 and then....
 a quick trip north on the Blue Ridge Parkway to....   THE "CRAGGIES"
 
   The view...
 
In the sun....
  In the shade ...
    Listening to Albert ...
   Robert looking for more rare plants....
 
 
 Portrait of a happy group!  (Why is Albert looking right?)
 
 
Perhaps he was looking at the brilliant red fruits on the
mountain ash,Sorbus americana.   They really looked like this.....
 
 
...and made the hills turn red!
 
 
 Final view from the Craggies
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 The end.
 
Where to next?
How about heading to Paradise?