ThreadBanger Visits Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Go behind the scenes with Rob Czar and Corinne Leigh, hosts of the YouTube channel ThreadBanger, as they tour top spots in the Smokies for filming of their Park It series.
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Cades Cove Ranger Station
Rob and Corinne start their tour at the Cades Cove Ranger Station. Cades Cove is a popular destination inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park, full of history and wildlife.
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Bear Sighting
If traffic is backed up on the 11-mile, one-way loop around Cades Cove, you can pretty much expect that wildlife has been spotted. In this case, Rob and Corinne stop with other visitors to watch a black bear in the distance.
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Cable Mill Visitor Center
In this stop, the couple tours a historic grist mill that once was a gathering place for people living in the cove and surrounding area.
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Inside the Mill
Cable Mill was largely used for grinding locally grown corn but the compound also included a blacksmith shop.
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Log Cabin Lookout
Rob and Corinne look through an opening in a restored log structure at Cable Mill to see what's going on inside. Cades Cove is full of historic buildings including old homes, barns and churches.
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Cades Cove Methodist Church
Rob and Corinne discuss a distinctive feature of this historic church: the two front entrances, one for women and the other for men.
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Women Only
Corinne poses outside the women-and-children entrance to the church.
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A Walk in the Woods
Great Smoky Mountains National Park includes 520,000 acres of protected land, with about half in Tennessee and half in North Carolina. Here, Rob and Corinne take a stroll through the woods near Elkmont Campground on the Tennessee side.
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Setting the Scene
The Little River provides a scenic backdrop for filming. The river originates near Clingmans Dome, the highest point in the park, and flows from the TN–NC border to the Tennessee side of the park.
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Making a Splash
Even in the summer, the river can be cool. Corinne takes an opportunity to surprise Rob with a playful splash.
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