Cherokee, United States Travel Blogs

Cherokee Nation
Sep 3, 2007 (27 photos)

... talk to the craftspeople - but the craftspeople didn't appear overly friendly or talkative. The man in the square demonstrated some Cherokee drums, rattles, and eagle wing fan things. He taught us how to say 'Hello' in Cherokee and dispelled quite a few ...

5 Cars in an hour.
Nov 2, 2009 (26 photos)

... the back of me. First stop after driving out of Atlanta, was Cornelia, a small town about 60 miles from Cherokee, which has one of the worlds largest Apples.  After wandering around we went to Tallulah Falls where a famous tightrope walker ...

Smokies
Sep 12, 2009 (8 photos)

Very nice campground, beautiful falls and lake.  Wandering_man and Wandering_woman hiked around the lake, and up near the falls.  Got some good pics.

How y'all
Aug 20, 2008 (4 photos)

... complaining that her husband (who was loading the truck behind us) didnt understand her because he was only "mixed blooded indian Cherokee". She gave us her address and cell phone in case we were close to her trailer park in Cherokee! Given the delay ...

Great Smoky National Park
Nov 3, 2009 (44 photos)

Dear Family & Friends, Caroline and I had a brilliant day at the Great Smokey National Park, traveling through it from North Carolina to Tennessee across the state line.  I will leave the pictures to tell the story.  Off today to the Great ...

Enjoying the Parkway
Jun 19, 2009 (40 photos)

June 19 We started the morning off at 8:30am and found ourselves at the Luray Caverns (http://www.luraycaverns.com/) by 9:30am. The Luray Caverns has been renowned as a spectacular natural wonder. The caverns were first discovered in 1878 by a ...

Smokey Mountains-Flaming Arrow Campground
Nov 24, 2007 (4 photos)

We spent three nights at the Flaming Arrow Campground in Cherokee NC.  They had unseasonably warm weather-a real blessing for us since our only transportation once the Winnie is hooked up at the campsite is our motorcycles.  Well, we arrived on ...

Last of the Mohicans
Jun 23, 2005

... as I drove down the beautiful Blue Mountain Parkway. I am just on my way to Chimney Rock Park where they filmed Last of The Mohicans and then Cherokee, North Carolina near the Great Smokey Park for an evening drama of the Cherokee Indians. + 85 today.

Day 122 - Learner Drivers!
Sep 17, 2008 (9 photos)

... ! On a narrow, windy country road! Incredible! Finally back on civilised roads, we passed through several towns before entering the Cherokee Indian Reservation and about 15 miles after that, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We stopped at a ranger ...

Day 123 - Back Breaking Mountain
Sep 18, 2008 (7 photos)

... Indian, in the town of Cherokee, just outside the park boundary. The museum houses the world's greatest collection of Cherokee artefacts and treasures, from tools and weapons to jewellery and clothing to pottery and manuscripts. But more than that it ...

Rode horses in Smokeys, over Pass, camp
Apr 22, 2008 (10 photos)

We woke early to go on a horse back ride in the meadow and hills of Cades Cove in Smokey NP.  After ride we drove through Pigon Fodge, looking for Dolly Parton, we never found her, what a touist trap Pigon Forge is.  We drove over the Newfound ...

The Hills Are Alive
Jun 13, 1997

... let's focus on heritage and tradition as we visit one of the longest running outdoor plays in the United States. Unto These Hills opened in Cherokee, North Carolina, in 1950, and it's still accumulating rave reviews. Nearly six million people have come ...

Villages and Reservations
Apr 11, 1996

Cherokee, North Carolina, population 8,519. The Cherokee Indian Reservation covers 56,000 acres in an area east of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park known as the Qualla Boundary. Most of the 10,000 members of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Tribe ...

Cherokee, North Carolina
Jun 17, 2009 (3 photos)

We are now at the edge of the Great Smokey Mountains. We have stopped at Cherokee, an indian reserve and tomorrow we will drive through the mountains (we have found free internet so have decided to keep you updated!). Its was about a 3 hour drive from ...

Just because four states were not enough....
Oct 22, 2006

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Smoky Mountains National Park
May 6, 2006 (10 photos)

We took a 45 minute drive to see Smoky Mountains National Park. (http://www.nps.gov/grsm/) We stopped at the Visitor's Center and explored the Mountain Farm Museum. Holden was disappointed that they didn't have any cows or pigs, but he enjoyed the ...

Smoky Mountains
Jul 30, 2007 (80 photos)

Hiking in the Smokies. Chillin in Asheville

04 Smokemont
Oct 27, 2007 (49 photos)

With wet tent pieces packed in separate plastic bags, I pushed off towards the Smokemont campgrounds after finishing my laundry and email. I snagged a great site next to the Bradley Fork of the Oconaluftee River which, like all creeks at the moment, is ...

Hiking in the Appalachians
May 31, 2007

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Cherokee
Sep 20, 2009 (16 photos)

... years since I've been in Cherokee and little has changed except for the Casino which is undergoing major expansion. We were nestled into a nice RV park with a brook flowing through it. Cherokee is close to many attractions and we enjoyed our stay there.

Cherokee
May 20, 2008 (65 photos)

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