Travel
Bill Robertson is happiest on the trail, in the Great Smokies’ backcountry, when there’s no one else around. He has hiked every trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, exploring its interior over the course of nearly two decades since moving back to Greenville, S.C., where he grew up, after years in California and Lake Tahoe.
He bought a trail map, he says, and “I’d take my green highlighter” and highlight all the trails he hiked with the Natural History Hiking Club or with his significant other, hiking/photography partner Lynne Scoggins. As time passed, he noticed he was highlighting a lot of trails, and so he decided to see if he could cover all of them. About four years ago, he did.
