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09/02/2026

📍Grandad’s Apples

Hendersonville, North Carolina

Grandad's Apples is a family-owned, fourth-generation 120-acre farm and apple orchard in Hendersonville, North Carolina, offering over 40 varieties of apples, a pumpkin patch, and family-friendly activities.

Operated since 1994 by fourth-generation apple farmer Pat, his wife Leslie, and their daughters, the farm continues a multi-generational tradition of mountain hospitality. Visitors can relax in oversized rocking chairs while taking in panoramic views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Leashed pets are welcome to join visitors exploring the farm grounds.

Offers pre-picked apples daily from bins alongside u-pick options on select weekends, plus u-pick pumpkins, sunflowers, and lavender in their respective seasons.

The bakery offers Famous hot c***r donuts made all day, the bakery also serves warm apple pies, caramel apple cookies, hot c***r, and apple c***r slushies.The Country Store Stocks local honey, fresh-pressed and hard apple c***rs, canned jams, jellies, apple butter, fall harvest decor, and specialized kitchen tools like apple peelers and bakers.

Features a giant five-acre corn maze, farm animals to view, a children's playground, and weekend activities like cow train rides and an apple cannon

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09/01/2026

Exploring a Historic 3 Story Barn in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The circa 1902 three-story Palmer Barn sits near the Palmer House in Cataloochee Valley in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This location is one of the most frequently visited locations in the Big Cataloochee area of the park.

Renovations were done to the large timber bridge leading into the barn, a 26-foot long section of a 6x6 sill beam on the back of the barn was replaced as well as support posts and select siding, and other structural improvements.

09/01/2026

Have you ever heard of the Appalachian Stare?

The phrase "Appalachian stare" refers to a quiet, intense, or unblinking gaze that outsiders sometimes perceive when visiting the Appalachian Mountain communities.

Rather than being a formal medical or psychological term, it is rooted in regional folklore, cultural communication styles, and internet urban legends. In actual Appalachian culture, what outsiders mistake for a hostile or vacant "stare" is usually the exact opposite: a deliberate avoidance of eye contact or a cautious appraisal of a stranger.

Historic Cataloochee Valley Families, Great Smoky Mountains National Park


European settlers arrived in Cataloochee in 1830s, establishing family names like the Caldwells, Palmers, Hannahs, and Woodys. By 1910, about 1,200 people lived across Big and Little Cataloochee, making it a bustling Appalachian community with farms, schools, and churches. Residents farmed, raised livestock, grew commercial apples, and later boarded tourists and fishermen.

The creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the 1930s forced families to sell or leave their homesteads through eminent domain. Descendants still return for annual homecomings and reunions.

08/31/2026

Moma Black Bear Digging in the Ground with Her 2 Cubs

Cataloochee Valley, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Waynesville, North Carolina

08/31/2026

Huge Elk Walking & Grazing in a Field in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Cataloochee Valley, Waynesville, North Carolina

08/31/2026

Huge Elk Watching A Lost Baby Black Bear Cub Yell for Its Mom.

Cataloochee Valley, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Waynesville, North Carolina

Watch my other videos of this baby finding his mom & the Elk

08/31/2026

Huge Elk Watching a Moma Bear & Her Cubs Walk By

Once in a lifetime sight

Cataloochee Valley, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Waynesville, North Carolina

08/30/2026

Saw lots of big beautiful butterflies on the Blue Ridge Parkway ,Western North Carolina

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Asheville, NC

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