Bears In The Trees! Oh My!!

This past week we visited the Great Smoky Mountains. The day was overcast and cloudy with scattered showers. The mountains are beautiful on cloudy days. As we traveled around the winding road that led to the top of the mountains we viewed drifts of clouds that gently kisssed the evergreens on the mountain peaks. Wild life was evident and we spotted two large owls that were taking advantage of a cloudy day. It was rather funny that we had just been talking about how we had seen bears more often when we were children visiting the mountains than we had since we had... matured... Not long after that conversation we were moving along at a rather quick pace for sightseers when I spotted something at the top of the trees near a mountain viewing stop. I yelled out "Hey! I think that was a bear in that tree!!!". We quickly made a U turn (on a narrow mountain road...) and went back to see if indeed there was a bear. Sure enough, IT WAS A BEAR!!! We jumped out of the car with our cameras and started clicking away. The sun was beginning to set and the day was cloudy but I managed to get a couple of shots of that bear who was munching away on the branches of the tree he had climbed. He seemed to be a young bear but he was still large, after all he was a bear. He was so agile moving around in that tree as he climbed higher looking for more scrumptious treats to devour.

The day in the mountains on a cloudy and rainy day was a success and we enjoyed our trip. A cloudy rainy day had transformed itself into an adventure in nature. I guess the highlight of our day was getting to see that bear. Even better, that the bear didn't even notice we had stopped to watch him have his supper so he didn't decide to make a change in his menu and have us for supper.