Another very true but hard to believe story:
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/local/smokies-park-struggling-to-clamp-down-on-hog-infestation-ep-409059522-358959981.html?d=mobile
I saw a small herd of them two days ago – apparently seeing them up close is rare – they root up everything and the make the place look like a bull dozer just came through. Amazing how things can get out of control so quickly.
On a brighter note, high elevation wildflowers are in abundance bluets, spring beauty, and yellow violets
Gotta say the flowers seem to be faring better than the trees…
kevin hikes 
The flowers are beautiful!
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This was interesting, Kevin. We have wild hogs here. So far, the ones I’ve seen were black. I didn’t know about their tails.
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