Our trip to see the synchronized fireflies
We stayed in a fabulous AirBnB hosted by Syresa and Lonnie
in a turn of the century house that was once a farm in Sevierville.
The Mary Seaton room was charming and cozy.
We had a reservation to get into the park and a campsite to park
and wait for the fireworks show.
Our plan was: park our Enterprise rental car in the space,
set up our cameras on tripods in the woods, wait for the witching hours,
and return happy with photos and videos of the
lightening bugs dancing in unison.
I contacted Go Pro ten months in advance about purchasing
their latest equipment to be able to record in low light or darkness.
I spoke with Nick Woodman and he assured me this would be successful.
I even practiced on the ranch in moonlight.
Unfortunately the videos are black darkness...
I can tell you about the fun of finding the old cemetery at night.
We found two graveyards with fireflies and this was loads
of fun for myself and my daughter.
One is in the old ghost town in Elkmont and the other is
near where we parked at the campsite. Scary fun.
Here are some other short videos.
We saw Elk, Bears, butterflies, a fox,
and lots of mosquitoes but all was a blast.
Elk strolling out of the woods to the nice mowed grassHere comes the Mommies and baby elk calfs
