The first three pages of North Carolina views are images from three different visits to Great Smoky Mountains National Park which straddles both North Carolina and Tennessee. The fourth North Carolina page has views from Memory Lane Auto Museum in Mooresville.
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To and within Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Cherokee, North Carolina and Gatlinburg, Tennessee
October 21-22, 2008

Scenic overlook south of Franklin, North Carolina on the way to the park
[Hillside with fall foilage color.]

Heading north on route 441 through the park on the North Carolina side.
[Hillside with fall foilage and some bare trees.]

Onconaluftee River near Cherokee, North Carolina
[Trees reflected in the river.]

Frasier firs ravaged by disease and or insects.
[White trunked skeletal remains of trees.]

One of the more than 100 tree species native to the park.
[Portion of tree trunks of with silver-gold bark coming off the tree.]

Newfound Gap vista
[Mountains on the left and right both go down to a valley (the gap). While there is a blue haze in the distance, there is much color on the trees at mid and close distances.]

Closer view of trees at Newfound Gap
[Mountainside with scattered trees with red and yellow leaves.]

View near Deep Creek trailhead pullout
[Hillside with several very red-leafed trees.]

"Smoky" mountains visible from Deep Creek trailhead pullout.
[Mountainside which appear to be in blue smoke (the reason the park was named as it is).]

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Chimney Tops trail - Great Smoky Mountains National Park
October 22, 2008

A stream winding down the mountain.
[A stream snaking through a thickly wooded area (not much sunlight making it through to the water).]

A stream further up the mountain
[This is a wide section of rocks over which water is tumbling down the incline. There is vegetation on either side of the wide shallow water stream.]

The Chimney Tops rock at the top
[A large rocky top inclining at a rather steep slant into the air. There are plenty of crevices to help climb the rock. All vegetation is at the sides and not on the rock.]

View from the Chimney Tops rock showing the variation in the types of trees growing at the park.
[Several mountainous hillsides completely covered in trees. Some trees are evergreen, some are red due to their leaves, and most are brown since the leaves have all fallen. There is a swath of red going down mountain which is wider in some sections and narrower in others, but clearly shows where that type of tree is growing.]

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All photos © S. M. Garver