Porters Creek GSMNP

**aBRG2far** · 03-04-2010, 18:12

I can't stand it no more. I'm sick of winter as I guess alot of you are so let me take you back to April 16th 2009 as I did Porters Creek, a popular wildflower trail that deadends at backcountry campsite #31. This trail is 3.7mi long with a round trip of 7.4mi folloing Porters creek in the Greenbriar section of the Great Smokies.

The trail follows an old road for the first mile passing many homesites, here is a Showy Orchis, an orchid.

Dwarf Crested Iris and Trillium

Creeping Phlox

Trillium, Phlox and Wood Sorrel

Porters Creek

Quiet path

White Friged Phacelia

Bishops Cap

Large Flowered Trillium

Broadleaf Toothwort

**aBRG2far** · 03-04-2010, 18:17

Fern Branch Falls

Fraisers Sedge

Squirrel Corn

Violets on Log

Wild Geranium

Trout Lily

Backcountry Campsite 31

Spring Beauty

Wood Anemone

Restored Cantilever Barn

Old Smoky Mountain Hiking Club Cabin

The Only One Home

**Shug** · 03-04-2010, 18:21

Purty flowers!
Hey .... any pix of that tarp??????
Shug

**aBRG2far** · 03-04-2010, 18:23

Naw, I was still a ground pounder back then but I see's the light!

**mbiraman** · 03-04-2010, 20:33

Nice pics, thanks

**DougTheElder** · 03-05-2010, 08:45

Those are very good pictures of very pretty scenes. What's your background or source of information for ID's on so many wild flowers?

**aBRG2far** · 03-05-2010, 09:09

My background is growing up here in the mts with depression era aunts and uncles who taught me native plants and digging sing, snakeroot, bloodroot etc. The others ids are from an old field guide.

**DougTheElder** · 03-05-2010, 09:39

Originally Posted by aBRG2far

My background is growing up here in the mts with depression era aunts and uncles who taught me native plants and digging sing, snakeroot, bloodroot etc. The others ids are from an old field guide.

Ah! Yes! An inheritance worth it's weight in gold! I often talk about the joys of finding the answers to small mysteries. Today's transient population rarely stays in one place long enough to find the mysteries, much less the answers. Knowing the details of your surroundings is priceless! There's a lot to be said for staying in one place and calling it home.

**lonetracker** · 03-08-2010, 21:19

very nice shots thanks for shareing

**questtrek** · 03-08-2010, 22:05

Wow .. Great shots... I love it down the in the GSMNP. I got married down the in Gatlinburg years ago. Would love to go back and hike it again. Peace!