Today we biked a road in Cades Cove that was closed to car traffic until 10 am.  This road is a 11 mile one way loop around Cades Cove.  In the top pic we have 2 turkeys.  Pic #2 Doug is nealing with a turtle.  Pic #3 shows the beautiful scenery.  Pic #4, believe it or not is a black bear.

We hiked to Rainbow Falls, I did this 40 years ago with a group from Antioch College, The distance is 2.7 miles one way, but the altitude difference is 1200 feet. So actually it is like walking up a 120 story building.We did make it after many stops and the trip down was very easy except for one fall. I'm ok.

When I came down with the Antioch group we stayed in this cabin Easter break 1972.  No heat and it was really cold.
To say the least with biking 11 miles and hiking 5.6 miles including the 1200 foot climb we are really wiped out.