Brian Shults and I met up in Cades Cove again this week. We found this rather large male Smoky Mtns Black Bear feeding on acorns in the woods. The two of us circled round and round this guy while he ate his lunch, but it was nearly impossible to get him to strike a photogenic…
My son Justin and his friend Lili are visiting this week from Bogotá, Colombia. You may remember Justin’s birthday photos last December. We’ve been giving them a big dose of Smoky Mountains hiking this week, and so far we have 9 bear sightings! One on the road to Clingman’s Dome and 8 more, including 6 little…
This morning, out walking the usual loop through the deserted development behind my cabin, suddenly there are big, muddy bear tracks crossing the road! There is a mud-hole from recent rains beside the road that he plowed through to get his muddy feet. The boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is less than…
I was headed down the Newfound Gap Road towards Gatlinburg yesterday after scoping out the wildflowers on the Cove Hardwoods Trail. Suddenly there’s a commotion with cars stopped, people gawking. Usually this means one thing: bears. So I dutifully pulled over, and sure enough there was a genuine Smoky Mountain black bear fast asleep up…
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