My friend Scott and I left Tuesday Morning on a road trip to the Smoky Mountains National Park. I had booked an Airbnb for two nights above Gatlinburg. It was more room than we needed, with three bedrooms and two baths. The highlight of our lodging was the view from the balcony on the third floor.
The following day we did a 2 1/2 mile hike at Laurel Falls.
Autumn is my favorite season, I love the colors!
We stopped to check out Mannish Branch Falls, but weren’t able to cross the creek to see it up close.
Our next stop was “the Sinks”.
Our second hike was 5.5 miles at Rainbow Falls. The elevation change was 1,500 ft.
The mountains were dusted with snow.
Since it hadn’t rained much for a while, the falls were smaller than usual but still beautiful.
We saw two bears from the car.
All together we walked over 10 miles yesterday, and my body knew it. After a hot shower, some pizza, and a couple of Tylenol, I was almost good as new.
Sherry Lachelle Travels 
Lucky you were safe and got to see the bears so close!
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We were in the car or it would’ve been scary 🙂
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Oh my! A bear!!! These are very nice views.
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It was gorgeous!
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A hot shower, pizza, and Tylenol are well-deserved after such an adventure!
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I love autumn too. Beautiful photos! Which reminds me that I wanted to do a post of autumn scenes. Soon!
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Beautiful! I’m going there soon and I hope we don’t miss all the colors. I enjoyed reading about your trip. Thanks for sharing!
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I think the peak will be within a week or so, thanks for stopping by. Have fun on your trip!
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What a wonderful place and time to go for a hike.
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It was!
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Looks and sounds like a wonderful visit ~ thanks for sharing, Sherry!
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