Saturday we planned to drive up to Clingman's Dome BUT it was closed for paving until
June 21st:(
We drove to Newfound Gap.
It is 5,046 feet high- it is the lowest drivable pass through the
Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The trip over the Newfound Gap Road as often been compared to the drive from Georgia to Maine in terms of the variety of forest ecosystem one experiences.
Baby black bear
Running away
Newfound Gap
Notice all the dead trees? They are Hemlock trees (Fir) and the Woolly Adelgid is the insect that drinks the sap and cause the needles to fall off before dying. They are not native to North America.
Daddy and Austin
On the state line
Family Photos
Austin during our picnic at the Chimney Tops.If you get there early you can get a picnic table overlooking the river.
I would recommend stopping here for a picnic- lots of shade and awesome river with rocks to climb on- the water was freezing
Austin and Mommy
View on the way down
Family Photos - thanks to the tripod
Your little one has gotten so big. Last time I saw him he was only a day old. He is soo adorable.
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