In the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, the leaves have already started changing, and from what I have read, we will be surrounded with an amazing array of Fall colors this year. What this means for a lot of people (including myself), is to drive and take in all the beauty that surrounds us.
We live about two hours from Cades Cove, which is an isolated valley located in the Tennessee section of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Last year was the first time that we decided to camp and ride our bikes through the scenic loop and we had an amazing time.
The Cades Cove Loop winds for 11 miles through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a picturesque drive with a backdrop of the mountain peaks and its lush, rolling greens. Europeans settled the Cades Cove area between 1818 and 1821. Today, visitors to Cades Cove can enjoy the largest variety of historic buildings in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. When traveling the scenic loop road, plan to get out and visit the restored buildings that include three churches, log homes, cantilevered barns and a working mill.
