Mountains 'n' Varmints

There is something about mountains. Maybe it's because we live in flat-as-a-pancake northwest Ohio. Whatever it is, we had a wonderful time among the Smoky and Blue Ridge Mountains last week. Here is a sample of what we saw.

And a quick summary of the critters we saw along the way...

The lady at the gift shop said that deer comes around every afternoon. We needed to see a bear, and finally did in Virginia. And the chicken? Pecking around a historic farm exhibit. (Haven't had reason to include a chick pic in some time).