Now You Know What He Does in the Woods!!!

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My drive through Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park today was unremarkable. Oh, I saw a bear, but hey, that’s what everybody goes to Cades Cove for in the first place. I saw him moving in the woods to my right on the “outbound” part of the loop. (For those who aren’t familiar [I talk about it like it’s the most visited national park in America…oh, wait, it is ], Cades Cove is a one-way, eleven-mile loop road. About halfway through, there’s a “break,” with restrooms and a store that sells flour that’s ground at the mill in the Cove! Once you get past that, you’re “on the way out.”) There was a pull-off almost immediately after I saw him, so I pulled off! I grabbed my binoculars and made sure it was a bear. He was happily foraging for a while, then he noticed that a crowd had gathered on the road. So he ran across the road to the field, where he slowed down and continued nibbling on things and entertaining his audience. That was a blast. Of course, the rest of the drive was wonderful, too. The mountains are coming to life with green, and it was simply a stunning drive. The bear was a bonus. And there’s a picture for you to show you exactly WHAT he does in the woods.