| Great Smoky Mountains National Park, April 2001 |
| People Pics |
 From the Blue Ridge Parkway |
 From the Blue Ridge Parkway |
 From the Blue Ridge Parkway |
 From the Blue Ridge Parkway |
 From the Blue Ridge Parkway |
 View from the summit of Waterrock Knob after a short hike up from the Parkway |
 The trail up Waterrock Knob - appropriately named for all the water constantly seeping out of the rocks in the path. |
 A distant ridge viewed with the sun in our eyes |
 Oconaluftee River in Cherokee, NC |
 An interesting stump at Oconaluftee Islands Park in Cherokee |
 White flowers in the Smokies which we've yet to identify |
 New spring greenery on the trees |
 Our hike on Saturday took us along this beautiful river. |
 Noland Creek |
 Trilliums along the trail growing wild in the forest |
 An up-close view of a bloom |
 You never really get used to this. |
 Great Smoky Mountains National Park has some of the prettiest streamside environments of any place we've seen. |
 The trail took us through this majestic forest. |
 Noland Creek |
 Wild violets |
 The mountainsides start broadening as the river approaches the valley containing the lake. |
 Panorama of Noland Creek ending into Fontana Lake |