Bear with me…

Well… we made it to the top of Clingmans Dome.  I guess I was so out of breath from the steep climb and carrying a child  on my back half the way, that I never pulled the camera out to take any pictures of our steep hike.
Here are the boys checking out the view.

Then on our way down… we stopped and hiked a small portion of the Appalachian Trail.
Then as we were leaving Clingmans Dome we saw something we had never seen before… well I should say, that we have never seen this outside the confines of a zoo.
Wild Bears…  A Mama Bear and her two cubs.  It was awesome!!!