Great Smoky Mountains NP, Sep 2019

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Great Smoky Mountains NP, Sep 2019

A 4-day weekend trip to Tennessee to visit the Appalacian Bear Rescue vistors' center and the Great Smoky Mountains national park. We stayed in a nice little cabin outside Pigeon Forge and wandered around from there.

Foothills Parkway Tennessee — Foothills Parkway Tennessee

"Do not Disturb" cabin

Saturday morning sunrise from the cabin's porch — Saturday morning sunrise from the cabin's porch

Appalachian Bear Rescue visitors center — Appalachian Bear Rescue visitors center
We had a nice visit with Volunteer Jan

Foothills Parkway entrance near Townsend — Foothills Parkway entrance near Townsend

Great Smoky Mountains from the parkway — Great Smoky Mountains from the parkway

"Waterfell" - Past-tense. No water today.

Little River rapids — Little River rapids

Second of two bears we saw today. Kellie's picture while I was driving. — Second of two bears we saw today. Kellie's picture while I was driving.

Roaring Fork rapids — Roaring Fork rapids

Place of a Thousand Drips — Place of a Thousand Drips

51st Sunrise — 51st Sunrise

West Prong Little River — West Prong Little River

Wild Turkeys — Wild Turkeys

Meigs Falls — Meigs Falls

The Sinks on the Little River — The Sinks on the Little River

West side of New Found Gap — West side of New Found Gap

Common buckeye butterfly — Common buckeye butterfly

Smoky Mountains — Smoky Mountains

Panoramic from Clingman Dome parking lot — Panoramic from Clingman Dome parking lot

Monarch on Asters — Monarch on Asters

Second panoramic from Clingman Dome parking lot — Second panoramic from Clingman Dome parking lot

Gulf fritillary butterfly — Gulf fritillary butterfly

New Bear — New Bear
We picked up a bear for our front porch. He just got a coat of varnish.