It was my third time in the Smokies. The first with a companion... so the agenda was new.
We saw lumbering elk, playful black bears, fuming waterfalls, dense forests, and steaming mist rising ever upward from the mountains. We also experienced Dollywood, country comedy, southern hospitality, and meals that simply laughed in the face of my desire to drop a few.
Here is a sampling of images from the National Park.
