Last week, I took my two oldest children to camp in Tennessee. After dropping them off, Leah, William and I headed to the Smoky Mountains for two nights of camping. We headed to Cades Cove campground and set up camp. The weather was perfect, unseasonably warm - in Al Gore's home state to boot.
One of my goals was to take the kids on a serious hike. So, last Monday we set out and headed straight up the mountain - 4 miles up hill. At the top of the mountain, we rested and talked to three really nice camp rangers. We told them where we were headed and thankfully found out that the remaining 6 miles was mostly downhill. They also told us to watch out for bears.
As we were nearing the end of hike, mile 8 now, we heard some rustling and looked and saw a beautuful black bear about 50 yards away. Leah grabbed the camera and starting videoing. It was exhilirating to say the least.
I was proud of the kids. We hiked a total of 10 miles and it took us about 5 hours. Great memories.
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