Participants will use a Townsend location as headquarters for this exciting quest of learning. Each day will begin with a hike to an intriguing and different area of the park. After relaxation and dinner, evenings will include wildlife viewing with spotting scopes, after-dark spotlighting deer counts or informative presentations and discussions of natural history. Outstanding audiovisual presentations will be augmented by show and tell items and informative handouts. Meeting place and lodging facility will be noted in participant packet.
Lodging is available at additional cost.
In the Footsteps of Horace Kephart Join us for a two-day backpacking trip into the headwaters of Deep Creek, on the North Carolina side of the Park, where Kephart had his last permanent campsite. Fireside discussion of Kephart's books, especially Camping and Woodcraft and Our Southern Highlanders , along with coverage of his techniques of woodsmanship. The trip requires a relatively high degree of fitness on the part of participants. Hike to campsite at Bumgardner Branch backcountry campsite, set up camp, and eat lunch. Those so inclined can bring along fishing gear, as Deep Creek is a premier trout stream.