Day 2 - Cades Cove

Cades Cove - The words themselves excite any who have been there. Those who have yet to experience the thrill of this magical step into the past are not going to fully grasp the significance of the words. You HAVE TO go there at least once!

This 1st pic is of one of the cabins at Cades Cove....actually lived in by the folks who lived, farmed, etc. here in the 1700s and 1800s....The fence is typical of what they built.
This is a creek....not significant, given the hundreds in the Smokies....except it is one of those in Cades Cove. You drive across the creek as you drive the one-way trail in the cove. Beautiful!
Deer are plentiful in the cove. They know they are safe....to the point we were less than 20 feet from this doe while she grazed peacefully.
Enroute to the cove we stopped at the river alongside the road from Gatlinburg to Cades Cove. Lovely is too weak a word!
While at the river I looked about and found the view of the river was limiting the scope of what we were seeing....Then I snapped this perspective which showed the Suzuki parked alongside the creek, and the mountains towering above.
We left the park via a back road across the mountains.....one-way to Townsend....It was gravel, narrow, and at times a bit scary, but FUN....We loved every minute of it.
Next morning....SNOW! This is a pic of the RV site with "Sideroad Suzie" covered in the first snow she has ever seen! The table and benches also had snow as did the grass around our site.

Tomorrow....REAL snow in the mountains above Gatlinburg! You'll find these pics wonderful....I am sure!

Duke