Kilted Hike

[macsim]

Just returned from vacationing in the Gatlinburg, TN area. We managed to get in a couple of nice hikes and I wore my trusty UK.

At the bottom of the falls


My wife and I taking a break


My son and his girlfriend (he's "undergrown his kilts - the kid has lost weight like crazy lately!)


Me in front of an old cabin


And finally, there's been a lot of bear news lately with the creatures turning up in very unlikely places like Thomasville, NC near my home and as luck would have it we came across a momma and her two babies in Cades Cove. I couldn't believe the people who got out of their cars and ran right up to them to take pictures like they were pets.

[Kid Cossack]

Great pics. Shame about the Disneyfication of America's wildlife understanding----they're beautiful, but they ain't no ways tame. Best appreciated from a distance.

[Splash_4]

That is one of those critters best seen through a very long lense. I, for one, do not want to get any closer than I have to. Especially a momma with two cubs.

[macsim]

I definitely took all my pics from the car! We were stuck behind one rubbernecker and couldn't move if we had wanted. Cars backed up behind us and all these looney tunes came running with cameras in hand like it was Paris Hilton leaving the jail cell. I guess the bears had already eaten. Here's a couple more. Unfortunately most of the pics were blurred, I suppose from trying to shoot through the windshield.

[David Dalglish]

Nice pictures--Love the bears--Watched a programme last night about bear attacks--I would not go near them.

[Riverkilt]

Thanks for the pics. Fond memories of the area...but I'm with Dave all the way on not being stupid around bears...I've read too much too.

Bear pics do remind me of one of my favorite Jimmy Buffett songs about the bear and the still and that honeysuckle vine water...

Ron

[Pour1Malt]

guid oan ya!

nice piccies

[porrick]

Thanks for posting. Kilted is by far the most comfortable for hiking

Eh, Bear Kilts...

[McMurdo]

Blurry or not those are great pictures, also the best way to watch bears, thanks for the shots.

[Livingston]

Most of my bear pics are blurry too. Usually from me shaking a little. Stepped out on the deck one night and was practically nose to nose with one. I decided real quickly that she could have the bird feeders.