Once Upon a Time Wilderness Adventures

Flora & Fauna

Arleen has documented over 130 varieties of wildflowers at Once Upon A Time and there are still more to identify! April and early May are prime wildflower season in the mountains. Bring your field books and lenses.

Beauty Berries

Catesby Trillium

The Great Smoky Mountains are a designated biosphere with incredible diversity of plant and animal life. On our daily adventures you might see deer, coyote, fox, wild boar, black bear, turkey, raccoons, eagle, osprey, and birds too numerous to mention. Ed and I have seen mountain lion tracks in some of the more remote areas.

Shooting Stars

Spiderwort