A weekend in the Smokies ~ Day 1 (08/14/09)
by shoe
The following is an excerpt from fellow Dame SHOE’s recent hike. I hope you enjoy it!!
Me and Sweet Pea spent another weekend wandering around in the Smokies.
We met up at the park on Friday night at the Smokemount Campground. It was definitely cheaper than staying in the hotel room. I made it to the park and was worried…as I was driving into the park from the Cherokee NC side there was a flashing sign that said Little River was closed. This wasn’t a good thing as our get out point where the 2nd car was to be was to be at Elkmont off of Little River Road. I went into the visitor center and they called and assured me that we would be able to make it to Elkmont. So all was good.
I headed on down the way and there was a huge traffic jam. I figured it was some kind of wildlife ans I was right. On the left side of the road in a field was a whole bunch of elk. I pulled over like all the other tourists and got out to take pictures. I was really amazed at some of the people. One lady was dragging her young children closer and closer to the elk. I bet she was no more than 20 feet from them. Crazy crazy if you ask me.
SHOE (Slowest HIker On Earth)