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Unexpected Joy
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Baxter Creek
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Almost Summer
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TrackHead Studios - Vista
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Baxter Creek Trailhead
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TrackHead Studios - Clouds Crawl Along
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Autumn on Midnight Hole
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Mount Cammerer
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Foggy Day on Mt. Sterling
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TrackHead Studios - Shady Mountain Top
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TrackHead Studios - Lovely Valley
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max patch
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Snowbird Mountain
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Pre-Gorge view
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Fall on Max Patch
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View of the Cosby Creek Valley from the Foothills Parkway Between I-40 and Gatlinburg, Tennessee
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View of the Cosby Creek Valley from the Foothills Parkway Between I-40 and Gatlinburg, Tennessee
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View of the Cosby Creek Valley from the Foothills Parkway Between I-40 and Gatlinburg, Tennessee
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Cascades on Big Creek
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Falls on Big Creek
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Sunrise from Mount Sterling Firetower, Great Smoky Mountains NP
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Humpback Rock
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Rainy Spring Day on Big Creek
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Mouse Creek Falls from Trail
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Let's go for a Swim
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Mt. Sterling View 2
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Mouse Creek Falls
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Big Creek Cascade
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Very hazy view of Tenn from Max Patch
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TrackHead Studios - Forest Valley
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Mouse Creek Falls
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Long walk up
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Big Creek