Tag: Get Outside

• Mount Cammerer: It’s Time to Climb

  

  Ascending Mount Cammerer is one of my very favorite hikes in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It’s also one of the hardest. My first ascent was in 2010 with Bill and my brother, Jack, along. I’ve gone back at least four more times prior to this year. In 2012, Bill, Jack and I were part […]

  Gina Stafford

  October 29, 2019

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• The Cable Trail: A Humbling Tale

  

  I grew up about 45 minutes away from the most-visited of Tennessee’s 56 state parks, but I never got to experience it until a couple of days ago. We didn’t go to state parks except for the occasional family reunion when I was growing up. On Saturday, I went to Fall Creek Falls State Park–only […]

  Gina Stafford

  August 5, 2019

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  adventure, Cable Trail, Climbing, explore, Fall Creek Falls, fun, Get Outside, Hiking, outdoors, outside, rock climbing, Scenery, Tennessee, Tennessee State Parks, travel, waterfall