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melhow
Explorer
Sep 13, 2013

Federal Park Camping and Looming Government Shutdown

The family (10 of us with four sites total) and I have our annual 12-day trip planned for Elkmont in the Smokies beginning October 2. I am sweating the very real possibility of a government shutdown e...
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Allworth
Explorer II
Sep 13, 2013
You might want to look at Roan Mountain State Park (Tenn) between Johnson City and Boone. (ON the old ET&WNC right of way at Cranberry.)

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