A Visit to Cades Cove
Having lived in the Blount County area all my life, I have taken many weekend trips with my family and friends to Cades Cove, a beautiful place situated in The Great Smokey Mountains. Here you can drive the eleven-mile trail (visiting the homes of people who once resided in Cades Cove), picnic in the park, and camp out for the weekend. Cades Cove contains a lot of history as well as beautiful sites.
Located near the Townsend entrance to the Great Smokey Mountains National Park, the cove is a great place to come and relax for a weekend. From ETSU, the trip is only a 2-1/2 hour drive. That may seem long, but it is well worth the drive, just to escape the hectic college life. Cades Cove is such a beautiful place to visit because of its landscape. There are many open fields with trees and wildflowers, and many deer roam around the open pastures. There are also many log cabins where people use to live in the Cades Cove area. Many visitors come to the cove just because of the history that lies in the park.
It is best to start the 11-mile trail at the beginning of the loop. Here it is higher and drier than at the swampy end, and you may see cows grazing high above the cove. The first home you see is the John Oliver Place, a two-story, hewn-log home built in the 1850’s. Near to this cabin, is The Primitive Baptist Church. It was organized in 1827, and buried in its cemetery is Russell Gregory. He was memorialized in the naming of Gregory’s Bald. Roughly 2 miles down from this church is the Methodist Church. Built in 1902 by John D.McCampbell, it has two front doors. One was for the women and children and the other was for the men. Right next to the church is a cemetery where many of the church families ...
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...o go hiking in the summer to bring along bottles of water so you do not get dehydrated. Fall is slightly cooler and a splendid time to take pictures because the leaves are changing colors. The winter is probably not the best time to go due to the cold weather. The roads also become pretty slick. Making sure your car is capable of driving in bad weather is a good safety precaution.
Cades Cove is a beautiful and peaceful place to visit. Enjoying picnics in the park, visiting homes of the people who once lived there, and camping out under the stars is a good way to relax and for college students to take their minds off school. For people who want to eat out or sleep somewhere other than the campground, Townsend offers restaurants and hotels. Being an inexpensive weekend trip, it is great place to go and get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday college life.
Although the history of Haslett Community Church may not be as long and storied as other churches, it is nevertheless a rich history. The roots of our community church began to grow on March 23, 1954 when several persons met at the home of Conrad and Rose Haney to discuss the need for a new church in Haslett. An open meeting was held at the Township Hall on March 31, 1954 to plan for a church. At that meeting, forty-nine people elected a steering committee and planned for services. One month and two days later on April 25, 1954, and one week after Easter, one hundred forty five people attended the first worship service and Sunday school above the old Township Hall and fire station on the northeast corner of Haslett and Okemos Roads. For the first year or so, guest ministers provided most of the sermons. Occasionally there would be a fire call and the siren would blow, interrupting the service. This always delighted the young children.
During the spring time the weather was rainy but warm. The summer time was hot and dry with the occasional rain. Fall was a time of cool and dry weather. With maybe some rain or snow.
The original church was built in 1804 and was for both white men and Indians alike. The first preacher was Joseph Brady who was pastor for 17 years. It wasn't a greatly populated area but people came from miles around for the services. As the settlement grew so did the congregation and they soon built a new church on High Street in 1841. Even with the main church there were still occasional services held in the old one until is was blown down by a storm in 1866 (Hein, 957).
The park and its breathtaking features attract 400, 000 visitors per year. The highest visitation time is usually in August and the lowest is in January. When visitors are here they can do the following: go backcountry camping, hiking, mountain climbing, fishing, horseback riding, wildlife and bird watching, scenery viewing, boating. Facilities include hiking trails, horse rentals nearby, small boat rentals, and professional guide, climbing, pack train services.
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Sand Creek Station golf course is a place where you can get all different smells from the grass, flowers and trees. This course is one of the best course in Kansas. Also when you are at the course you can only hear the sound of golf clubs hitting the golf balls smack center of each club face of each golfer's clubs. Feeling grass at sand creek feel’s so good it makes you feel like you are walking on a soft pillow with head indention all over the pillow. Although you think it has a bad view it has one of the best views. When the sunsets you can see the full beauty of the course when you can see all of the fog just hanging over the course, for most stunning view you will ever get when playing on the course.
There is a far-flung disposition to comprehend international students as a homogenous group. This perception is flawed mainly because it falls short of treating them as individuals. For instance, it is a common notion that Asian students, Chinese students to be precise, bring with them cultural difference in style and methods of learning, and are thus deficiently prepared for analytical and critical thinking in the American learning institutions. Additionally, students from South East Asia are deemed as surface learners and passive non-participants in class or in study groups. Such cultural perceptions have the potential of obliterating the fundamental needs or requirements of most international students. Unimpeachably, language barrier is the greatest hurdle for most international students in their adaptation to life overseas. However, they can overcome this obstacle by apprehending the academic expectations, standards and conventions in the American schools.
"Ramsey Cascades, Ramsey Cascades Trailhead, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina." ProTrails. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2014
Canoeing on trips below Milltown for those who want a nice day trip is the choice of many.
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