Bob,

...This time of year the bears are eating berries where they can find them. We were looking around Cades Cove just goofing off and noticed a field of several acres that was covered with ripe black berries. There was a thick tree line several hundred yards away so we set up along a trail across the field between the tree line and the berry field late in the afternoon. As soon as it cooled a little with the dropping sun the bears came out of the tree line across the feld to the blackberries. We saw six of them cross the field within 75 yards of us in less than 30 minutes. The others were crossing trails ahead of us while hiking except for the mother and baby in the PICs and we saw them on an evening drive.

Jeff



>>15 bears Jeff. I haven't seen more than a few bears at the zoo if my memory serves me correctly so that makes me really jealous to say the least. Thanks for posting pics and glad to hear that your back is doing better since you hiked almost 12 miles a day

>>Bob

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