Those of you who dream of an early spring and have some time to get away
from April 25-29 may want to check out the Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage.
It's a five-day program of conducted nature walks, motorcades and
photographic tours in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Sponsors
are the Botany Department of The University of Tennessee, the Gatlinburg
Garden Club, the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society, the Great Smoky
Mountains Natural History Association /Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, Friends of the Smokies, and Gatlinburg Department of Tourism.  For
more information, check out:
http://www.wildflowerpilgrimage.org/

Rick Speer