"I love Smoky Mountain Living — Celebrating the Southern Appalachians"

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Skip to main content .icon{fill:currentColor} SUBSCRIBE RENEW / MANAGE ACCOUNT Newsletter facebook twitter RSS Home Food+Drink Art+Music Outdoors Stories News Travel Events Home RSS Homepage A Man and His Dog “Speck is not a good boy. He is a terrible boy, a defiant, self-destructive, often malodorous boy, a grave robber and screen-door moocher who spends his days playing chicken with the FedEx man and rolling in donkey manure. Read more Stories Legendary Asheville Fun The light of a setting sun hovers on Asheville’s Beaucatcher Mountain as the pop of leather and crack of bats mingle with the excited chatter of baseball fans. The scent of hot dogs and peanuts fills the air, while beers are poured and seats found. Read more Travel Jeff Smith Photography Man On A Mission On his way from performing at a Sunday church service in Highlands, North Carolina, to an afternoon gig at Ole Smoky Distillery in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Darren Nicholson pulled over somewhere outside of Cherokee, North Carolina. Read more Art+Music Eat Taters As a lad growing up in the heart of the Smokies, I took just as much joy in spring as did the adults. It was a time of trout fishing, food such as branch lettuce, ramps from nature’s sprawling garden, and the annual ritual of putting in a garden. Read more Food+Drink NOC Archives Fun, Friendship and Adventure In 1971, National Public Radio, Federal Express and Disney World were all born. Apollo astronaut Alan Shepard became the fifth person to walk on the moon and the first to try golfing on it. Read more Outdoors The Great Lakes of the South Appearing near Chattanooga, Tennessee, on September 2, 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt said in a Labor Day speech that the construction of dams to control the watershed of the Tennessee River would “serve, in full, the purposes of mankind.” Read more Travel Regional Content: A Wife, Kids, A House, and A Creek“I’ve gone to pick up Sam and Eli at summer camp,” the text reads. “Be back at 4:15 or so. Luv you.” With that note from my wife Elaine, I spontaneously decide to grab a fly rod and a few patterns, walk out our back door, and head for the creek. Read moreJun 1, 202212:00 AMBruce IngramStories A Man and His Dog“Speck is not a good boy. He is a terrible boy, a defiant, self-destructive, often malodorous boy, a grave robber and screen-door moocher who spends his days playing chicken with the FedEx man and rolling in donkey manure. Read moreJun 1, 202212:00 AMJeff MinickStories Scottish Flavor in Upstate GolfWhen you step onto a tee box at Links O’Tryon, you could easily imagine yourself getting ready for a round of mountain golf, with plenty of scenic vistas. Or a round of Sandhills golf, not unlike Pinehurst. Read moreJun 1, 202212:00 AMDan SullivanOutdoors Xavier Reyes photoA Conversation With the Smokies’ Species HunterSince 2018, Will Kuhn has served as director of science and research for Discover Life in America, a nonprofit partner of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Read moreJun 1, 202212:00 AMHolly KaysOutdoors Holly Kays photoOn the Trail in the SmokiesWhenever the high-elevation Heintooga Ridge Road is open—typically from mid-May through October—and the weather is favorable, a hike on Hemphill Bald Trail is an excellent choice. Read moreJun 1, 202212:00 AMBen AndersonOutdoors Karen Kays photoOut-Hiking the CloudsSomewhere around the time winter was surrendering to spring, my mom sent me an unusual text message. “I have a proposition for you,” she wrote. “I’ll tell you the next time we talk.” Read moreJun 1, 202212:00 AMHolly KaysOutdoors Jeff Smith PhotographyMan On A MissionOn his way from performing at a Sunday church service in Highlands, North Carolina, to an afternoon gig at Ole Smoky Distillery in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Darren Nicholson pulled over somewhere outside of Cherokee, North Carolina. Read moreJun 1, 202212:00 AMGarret K. WoodwardArt+Music Eat TatersAs a lad growing up in the heart of the Smokies, I took just as much joy in spring as did the adults. It was a time of trout fishing, food such as branch lettuce, ramps from nature’s sprawling garden, and the annual ritual of putting in a garden. Read moreJun 1, 202212:00 AMJim CasadaFood+Drink Photo by Megan BaldwinPhoto Essay, June 2022Our readers share their images of Summer fun. Read moreJun 1, 202212:00 AMStories NOC ArchivesFun, Friendship and AdventureIn 1971, National Public Radio, Federal Express and Disney World were all born. Apollo astronaut Alan Shepard became the fifth person to walk on the moon and the first to try golfing on it. Read moreJun 1, 202212:00 AMHarrison MetzgerOutdoors 1 Stephan Pruitt photoRAD is State of the ArtAsheville locals are the first to admit their town is a smidge offbeat. After all, it is one of few places where yogis get zen with goats and breweries serve gummy worm-infused ales. Read moreJun 1, 202212:00 AMLauren SteppArt+Music Uncovering A 200-Year-Old Road with Modern TechnologyAs most of us speed down an interstate or navigate city roads, the idea of transporting products for sale or even traveling across a state line before asphalt or rubber tires is fairly unimaginable. 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