article on land purchase

[gollwoods]

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/may/03/4000-acre-land-deal-links-the-smokies-and-forest/?fb_action_ids=642325379115371&fb_action_types=og. recommends&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object _map=%7B%22642325379115371%22%3A120399328159935%7D &action_type_map=%7B%22642325379115371%22%3A%22og. recommends%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D

[WingedMonkey]

Once the land deal is finalized, trail crews will reroute a section of the Benton MacKaye Trail between Deals Gap and the Smokies so that hikers can stay in the woods and not have to road walk along U.S. Highway 129.

Off the road.