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.
Waterfalls of the Smokies With nearly 100 inches of rain annually falling on steep mountain slopes, the Smokies are a land of waterfalls. Spend a day learning about some of the most beautiful ones and visiting two. We will hike a total of four to five miles, choosing from Grotto, Cataract, Baskins Creek, White Oak Sinks, Spruce Flats, and Meigs Falls. Every clue or sign that an animal leaves behind is a track. Tracking is an ancient skill, but for us it can be a new language.