While the rest of the family went skiing, Jay and I took the kids to the Smoky Mountain National Park to Cades Cove. Jay had been before but I never had. It was GORGEOUS! It is amazing that in the midst of the hustle and bustle of a busy city like Gatlinburg, there is amazing scenery like this!
Some of the pics were taken while riding in the car so they are a little blurry.
It is mostly a "riding" trail, but we did get out a couple of times to take pictures, let the kids throw rocks into the water, see the scenery etc. Karis loved looking for beautiful rocks!
There were deer everywhere! We ended up seeing between 50-60 deer, over 20 wild turkey, heard coyotes but didn't see them, beautiful snow-capped mountains and some historic buildings.
And I got to ride next to this handsome hunk. :)
It is an extremely slow riding trail so we let the kids unbuckle and Lucy got in my lap for the majority of it. They loved it!
We got super close to this 10 point buck just on the other side of the fence.
We ended up being in the car for about 5 hours including travel time, riding time and traffic and the kids were AMAZING. They are getting so easy to take places and I am so thankful. We were so proud of them and enjoyed our day as a family. :)
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