Cades Cove

We spent most of the day inside the park again. We drove through Townsend, TN to get to Cades Cove, which houses many well preserved buildings from the days when park land was privately owned. The first picture is from lunch, at a picnic area just outside the entrance to Cades Cove.






Sadly Bob had visited nearly all (if not all) of the buildings that we saw today. Most of the free surfaces were covered with graffiti. I understand when settlers carved their names into Chimney Rock, and those carvings are now historic. But carving your name into a historic building in a National Park is simply childish and disrespectful...it also ruins some good pictures!












I'll leave some nice scenery shots without too much commentary. I'll hopefully post more pictures later on Facebook or via Picasa where I can tie comments directly to them.

~Matt