In January, we decided it was time for a wintry hike in the Smokies on a weekend when the upper elevations received a nice dusting of snow. Our buddies, the Brownes, tagged along with us up the Rich Mountain Loop. The loop starts at the Cades Cove parking lot just before starting down the Cades…
Cades Cove
We made a little Sunday trip to Cades Cove a few weeks ago to have a picnic. We took some cheese, crackers, apples and grapes to enjoy. Our picnic was nice aside from the bugs and heat bearing down on us. Then it got cut short by a big ol black bear walking across the…