Vacation: Smokey Mountain National Forest

On Thursday morning we took a driving tour of the Smokey Mountain National Forest. It was a nice scenic route. There were some cabins from the 1800s there and then of course our goal was to see some wildlife. We saw some deer of course, but we were really looking for the bears and we found some!

This picture is of a bear cub that had crossed the road. The Mom and other bear cub were on the other side of the road and I couldn't get a picture of them. I did see the huge black mass that was the mom move under some trees and that was good enough for me.

A nice scenic view stop. It was a beautiful day to be out and the forest was nice and cool to be in the shades. We took the Roaring Forks trail so there was the sound of creeks and waterfalls the whole trip. Very relaxing. If Abby would have been a little older I think we would have taken a couple of the trails, but the shortest was 2.7 miles one way and 30+ pounds is a lot to carry for that long. The driving tour was just fine.