A couple weekends ago my Mother and I trotted off to the Smoky Mountains. We've lived here for seven years, and the Smokies are only four hours to the East. We had spent the three previous days looking at maps, and we still had no idea what we wanted to see first. We looked at beautiful cabins to stay in, but decided to wing it when we got there.... not always the brightest idea during peak fall time. We packed the car with minimal bags and A LOT of photo equipment (since that's what we do) and hit the road. We were ready for sunshine on our shoulders, but we would come to learn we would have to wait a bit for that. East TN is quite beautiful compacted with rolling hills, hidden caves, and abundant waterfalls, especially after recent rains. We arrived Saturday, but had to wait till Sunday for rains to cease.
On one of our scenic drives, we were backed up for miles and miles due to a mother and cub being spotted. Mom jumped out and grabbed some photos of it as well. The forest ranger said a bear spotting can back traffic up for hours at a time during fall color peak. Unfortunately, we were there there one or two weeks too late for fall color. In fact, there were no leaves left on the trees at all... to our dismay.
What? There's a bear behind me???
Well... you didn't tell me he was stuffed...
Mom taking photos off the hiking trail, just inside the shallow part of the river.
Four of my favorite shots below...
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