| Tennessee Smokey Mountains. | | | | was inspired with inexplicable fear. I wanted out of |
| The Tennessee Smokey Mountains is one of my | | | | here, but I couldn't leave. A majestic rock poised |
| most favorable series. I love the mountains. The | | | | over me blocking my way. From the peak of |
| subtle beauty brings feelings of tranquility which is | | | | one's eminence provoking me with conscious |
| soothing to the soul. It seems as if eternity rules | | | | superiority, proclaimed, "Stay here with me and |
| here, just sky clouds and mountains. It is God | | | | enjoy this haven, let the soothing waters calm |
| that takes his palette and creates blue skies that | | | | your fears, let my canopy cool your soul". As I |
| stretch beyond the heavens. Majestic mountains | | | | stood embracing the mystical beauty, the flowing |
| stand tall and serene as the seasons pass by. | | | | waters bubbling and purling in the milieu, I felt |
| Trees show there colors from breathtaking | | | | calmness come about me. My fears had subsided. |
| springtime blooms to the greenest of hot | | | | Bear. |
| summer greens. The vivid pastel colors of the fall, | | | | This wonderful creature resides in one of |
| to the cool grays of winter's blanket. The serenity | | | | Tennessee's zoos. While weather is scorching |
| I feel as I visit these areas is almost impossible to | | | | during the summer months the bears have to |
| put into words. It is like touching eternity. | | | | hunt for shade in their stone arenas. Once the |
| Benton Falls. | | | | shelter, a man made tent, is completely filled with |
| I was surprised by a mysterious waterfall I found | | | | the burley bears the others must search else |
| in a remote area of The Smokey Mountains. The | | | | where. One lonely bear finds a cliff overhang |
| cool damp air surrounded us in the middle of a | | | | offering a shadowy escape from the heat. |
| typical sultry summer. It was a magical place with | | | | Throwing up his paws in victory he savors the |
| a canopy of trees thick and dark. Where am I? I | | | | cool stone rubbing against his sun warmed body. |