Banakas | Photography

Falls Branch Falls — Getting to the falls is pretty challenging with all the downed trees around and the “steps” that consist of a little brook that seems to have come out of now where, but makes the trip down (and up) a little tricky if you’re not paying attention. But what’s even more challenging   Read More …

Falls Branch Falls Over the weekend, my family and I drive up the Cherohala Skyway in the Cherokee National Forest and hiked the Falls Branch Falls trail. This mile and a half trail starts off pretty easy and I would have to say that a very large majority of the trail is downhill. Once you   Read More …

Turtle by the Creek During one of my more recent visits to the Cherokee National Forest, just down the road from Bald River Falls, I found this interesting rock formation. If you look carefully, you might be able to see, what looks like, a turtle. His head is the rock that is hanging over the   Read More …

Black and White Waterfall — Typically I don’t go out shooting with the idea in mind that “oh, this will make for a great Black and White photograph”, but with a digital camera, it’s easy to change your mind when you get back home. Digital cameras now a days, you can change an image to   Read More …

Over the Hill The next time I head out to this area of the Cherokee National Forest, I hope to make it over this hill. This spot of the river is quite intriguing to me, with the walls of the rock on both sides, the hole in the wall on the left, and no idea   Read More …

There Is Always Next Time For the past several posts, I have been talking about this creek/river that I’ve been exploring that doesn’t have a trail or type of path. This place is nothing but waterfall after waterfall surrounded by steep hills on both sides. The only real way to get up this creek is   Read More …

One day the family and I took a short hike up the Bald River Gorge. While I was eager to get out of the house for a few hours, this trip wasn’t planned to well. It was windy and colder than I had anticipated, plus the trail was a bit rockier than I thought, so   Read More …

All throughout East Tennessee there are hundreds of named waterfalls and most of them have trails that lead to them. I love hiking trails that have waterfalls; it’s like the reward at the end of the trail. If a trail doesn’t have a waterfall, I’m really not interested on going. Everyone has a reason to   Read More …

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