Having driven up and down lots of kinda-sorta-roads in the Smokes and Cumberland mountains around Knoxville looking for camping spots they are all the mountain I need.  But a large part of my family lives in deepest darkest Alaska and make fun of our little mountains around here.

Vanagon content: I can drive in comfort on the Interstate, then head into the wilderness and get to places in my Syncro that make Jeeps cringe (given that they can do things with ease and grace that I would not even think about trying) and then camp in the lap of luxury... i REALLY love my VW!

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On Feb 28, 2011, at 10:04 AM, Mark L. Hineline wrote:

> Well, hmm, technically the Black Mountains of N. Carolina have a
> couple higher peaks. The White Mountains of NH are quite a bit more
> rugged, as is Katahdin in Maine.
> 
> But yes, the Smokies certainly are mountains, real mountains, in all
> senses of the word, and deserve plenty of respect.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 28, 2011, at 6:51 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
> 
>> ---- Rowan Tipton <uther@DRAGONHOME.ORG> wrote:
>>> My wife and I were in the Synco at the top of a mountain (or what
>>> they call a mountain here in the Smokies)
>> 
>> The Smokies are pretty good mountains.  They meet the geological
>> definition (consist of a geosyncline), and they are the tallest and
>> most rugged in the East.  Lots of ranges worldwide have less local
>> relief than the Smokies and are called mountains.  Doesn't have to
>> be Denali to be a mountain.  mcneely

I remain, as always
YrLyl&ObdntSrvnt,

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