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Hike The Smokys This is a forum regarding hiking, camping and kayaking in the Smoky Mtns. of of TN and NC.Including, Hiking has since become his passion.
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For the last few years, Steve Ellis has been leading diverse groups of people on the trails of The Great Smoky Mountains. As he led individuals to places of stunning beauty and awe, he noticed how people from different races, cultures, religious beliefs, and political persuasions, seem to let down their personal barriers and relate to perfect strangers as friends. Fascinated with this healing phen

omena he began to consider conducting more hiking events. and nearly 100 hikes later, he's observed time and time again, the healing affect of wilderness hiking in the Smokies. So, in April, he resigned his full-time position as a home designer, to devote his life to bringing people to beautiful Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, to experience the joys of wilderness hiking themselves. Presently, along with his real estate business, (www.tnrealestatehiker.com )he conducts private hikes for couples needing some quality time together, to celebrate their marriages, anniversaries, or just to have a good time together, and have their memories forever captured by Steve's professional photography.

I was privileged to capture this scene presented to me, as I was hiking down Bullhead Mtn. a few years ago. It seemed f...
02/04/2024

I was privileged to capture this scene presented to me, as I was hiking down Bullhead Mtn. a few years ago. It seemed fitting, to later add this often overlooked verse.

Home Adventure: My 83 year old Father -In- Law and I spent a day, splitting a "little" wood!He's a great inspiration! My...
12/22/2023

Home Adventure: My 83 year old Father -In- Law and I spent a day, splitting a "little" wood!

He's a great inspiration!
My lower back was aching a bit when we finished up about a cord worth of wood, due to my insistence that I pick up the majority of the heavy oak " rounds" weighing, 75lbs. or more, to be positioned on the splitter.

Some pieces were so large, they had to be split up as many as six times on his 22 ton splitter.
In the future, I'll try to refrain from complaining about my aches and pains, at my spry age of 66!
Especially, when I think back on my times around him, when he was trying his best to grab those massive chunks of dense, uncured oak, before I could reach them!
He did so, with nary a complaint about the aches and pains he must be enduring, but belied by his quiet solitude like manner!
He's a true treasure and example to me, of "manly grace"!

These will be warm memories for years to come, not to mention, Sherri and will stay warm and have much lower power bills as a result!
Thank you Donnie!

09/23/2022

Cyril Derreumaux’s 2,400-mile journey across the Pacific Ocean was entirely human powered, making him the first kayaker ever to travel solo from California to Hawaii under only his own strength.

09/22/2022

On Tuesday at around 12:30 p.m. emergency crews learned about a 56-year-old hiker who was suffering "cardiac distress" at the Derrick K**b Shelter.

07/21/2022

The hiker was carried down the Alum Cave Trail to a point where the helicopter could pick up and transport the person to UT Medical Center.

01/20/2022

The rescue is the second related to the heavy snowstorm that hit Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee with more than a foot of snow in places.

12/07/2021

On Oct 9, 2021, a sailboat attempted to go down the Mississippi River at the Chain of Rocks area just North of St. Louis rather than using the Chain of Rocks...

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Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupMy Eyes Are Dry · Keith GreenThe Live Experience℗ 1980 Sparrow RecordsReleased on: 2008-01-01Producer, Executive ...

05/21/2021

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Photos taken by a Mississippi River kayaker about five years before a crack was found in the Interstate 40 bridge linking Tennessee and Arkansas appear to show the fracture that led transportation officials to close the span indefinitely last week.

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"Sunrise at The Jumpoff" My favorite time, and place to be, in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park; "The Jumpoff" This is from an Aug. 2016 hike

Valentine Frozen Waterfall Hike
Valentine Frozen Waterfall Hike

This is a video of a recent Smoky Mtn. waterfall hike adventure on a frosty 24 degree Valentine's day. It was a great adventure with wonderful friends. It's always exciting for me, to what these falls look like each time I bring guests there. It's like Forrest Gump said in the movie of the same name; "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get"! :)

Another Great Waterfall Hike!
Another Great Waterfall Hike!

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For the last four years, Steve Ellis has been leading couples, individuals and families, to waterfalls, amazing views, for the trails of The Great Smoky Mountains, and also leading kayaking and camping tours on local lakes to secluded islands. www.HikeTheSmokys.Com His original inspiration for doing this as a business, began as he hiked with folks to places of stunning beauty and awe, he noticed how those people from different races, cultures, religious beliefs, and political persuasions, seem to transform, and let down their personal barriers and relate to perfect strangers as friends. Fascinated with this healing phenomena, he began to consider conducting more hiking events, and nearly 400 hikes later, he's observed time and time again, the healing affect of wilderness hiking in the Smokies. Hiking has since become his obsessive passion. So, four years ago, he resigned his full-time position as a home designer, to devote his life to bringing people to beautiful Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, to experience the joys of wilderness hiking themselves.

After many years in the Music, film & television business, he is presently, along with his real estate business, (www.tnrealestatehiker.com ) he conducting private hikes for everyone from amny different countries, couples needing some quality time together, to celebrate their marriages, anniversaries, or just to have a good time together, and have their memories forever captured by Steve's professional photography.

He’s also expanded into leading groups on day hikes, kayaking adventures, and overnight camping. Licensed by the U.S. Dept. of The Interior Parks Division, and trained by The American Red Cross in first aid, and AED, and armed with the latest GPS tracking and Garmin satellite rescue communication systems, he strives to always put safety first, in the planning, and follow through of every adventure!

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