You’re the only Tennessee
January 24th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
In a few weeks, I’ll be taking a road trip across the country to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park where I’ll be working for 12 weeks as an educational intern
About my position from the SCA website -
The largest expanse of wilderness east of the Mississippi River, located on the Tennessee/North Carolina border, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park and is an ancient heavily forested mountain complex that forms one of the most spectacular areas of the southern Appalachian mountains. Great Smoky Mountains boasts 900 miles of hiking trails, and is prime habitat for black bears, turkey, snakes, deer and other wildlife. Hiking, fishing and sight seeing are the most common forms of recreation for the visiting public.
You will work within walking distance of Sugarlands Visitor Center, the most visited of all the entrance stations to the park. Sugarlands is located two miles from Gatlinburg, TN which is also the nearest town for restaurants, groceries and other amusements. A two mile walking/biking trail is accessible to town, however the town itself stretches out several miles to reach all amenities.
In the meantime, I have the GRE to study for and one helluva road trip to plan out. So far, this is what my road trip plan looks like:
Seattle > San Francisco > Disneyland > Phoenix > ?? > Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Hopefully there will be some camping/couch surfing/partying on the way, and HOPEFULLY I’ll be able to browbeat one of my more suggestible (and unemployed) friends to come along for the ride.
Who wants to be stuck in a car with me for 10+ days on a trip to Tennessee, where you will then have to fly back because I need my car???
