Cades Cove - Smoky Mountain Park

It had been recommended to us that we should visit Cades Cove in the national park. The Cove is actually a valley that was home to a farming community for more than 100 years. The park was established in 1934, displacing most of the people who lived there.  They left behind several old cabins, a grist mill, two churches and a few cemeteries, which are still open to burials.

It's a beautiful drive into the Cove. We saw several deer and a black bear wandering across one of the meadows to an apple tree.