A Cloudy Beginning
7:39 AM – Clouds above and clouds below.
8:30 AM – How about a game of Five Crowns? Absolutely!
9:01 AM – The big picture, from one side of the deck to the other.
Bobcat!
9:28 AM – Wild life report, the second Bobcat sighting.
On the prowl.
9:29 AM – Off to the Really Great Smoky Mountains National Forest!
Down the Mountain
9:50 AM – A look back at the cabin…
….and a closeup.
10:07 – Downtown Gatlinburg with tourists dangling above the road.
Gatlinburg Trail
10:14 AM – Off for a walk on the Gatlinburg Trail along the Little Pigeon River.
10:16 AM – The river and lot’s ‘o rocks…..
…..some even stacked!
10:16 AM – Nancy and Scott enjoying the scenery.
10:19 AM – Photo Op! Scott, using a rock apparently left by a previous tourist group, setting up a ‘run and giggle’ shot.
10:20 AM – No matter where you go, there you are.
10:31 AM – Little Pigeon River rapids(?)
10:50 AM – Into each forest, a strange twist of nature starts.
11:59 AM – We made it all the way to the Sugarlands Visitor Center and back, 1.9 miles each way! (That is 6.1 kilometers, a bit longer than our usual 5K.)
12:16 PM – one more shot of the cabin on the way back.
Kyle Leaves for National Guard Weekend Duty
3:15 PM – Happy Campers!
3:18 PM – The final ‘unBEARables’ family mug shot before Kyle left.
4:51 PM – Kyle wanted to do a final puzzle, so we all jumped in and put this together in a couple of hours.
Night on the Mountain
9:32 PM – Back up the mountain after social distancing with the Gatlinburg tourists. Moon to the right, cabin barely visible in the center of the picture. It is dark up here.
9:35 PM – Home before bedtime.