We hope you enjoy joining us on a search for Cades Cove black bears on bikes through the 11 mile loop! We hope this Cades Cove Tour is helpful to better know what this vehicle free Wednesday experience is like. Feel free to ask us any questions, we are happy to help!
@@wandawilliams3707that would be an incorrect statement. We have discussed rules & regs with Park Rangers & safely abided by all national park laws while recording this experience.
I & my husband and Son lived in Cades Cove for a month back in '72 . The Campground store was not that big then. Cades Cove was my husband's favorite place. He had worked at the stables when he was a teenager during the Summer. His ashes were scattered on the place where he & his family always camped. Probably his parents ' ashes are there, too..
Greetings! Hubby and I just got back from that area and we LOVED our trip. The Smokies are so very beautiful! I would definitely like a return trip and hopefully it'll be far sooner than later. Also, I love your references of God. Truly, He created the heavens and the earth and everything therein. Including The Great Smokies! 😊
Some of my fondest memories, riding in Cades Cove, Priceless! 2 summers in a row, rode at daybreak on Saturday & Wednesday's, took less than an hour and there are 17 hills! :) Words or video just can't explain this unbelievable adventure experience!
We love Cades Cove. It is one of the most beautiful places that the Lord created. We visit it wvery time we are in the smokies. My wife and I are members of the Cades Cove Preservation Association. We seek to keep the wonderful history of Cades Cove alive. It truly is a special place. It is far more than a place to look for bear and deer, there was a whole community of people who called Cades Cove Home. I have never biked it but that surly would be a great way to see it. We took several hay rides around tne Cades Cove Loop. That was really fun.
@AdventureIsOutThere you go back and I will be sure to join you. What a great adventure this was. It would be great to be back there with no cars. You know how much I love the smokies. The ice cream was a great reward.
Glad you enjoyed it Diana! We will be doing more Wednesday bike rides through September & hope to upload more showing some of the churches & hikes off the loop!
@@AdventureIsOutThere ... and the camp store has improved. Back then, it was just a small grocery store...no merchandise like they have now. I live in Knoxville.
Cades cove is so beautiful we were just there yesterday! We saw 2 black bears and bunches of Elk! Please be careful. Enjoy your biking trip! Safe travels!
Hello from Missouri and Thank you for sharing! Biking through Cades Cove seems more adventurous. I appreciate y’all showing us the bike rental part since my husband and I will rent bikes AND we are ice cream lovers too! 😂 God Bless! -Kerri Jo
Thankfully we have black bears and not grizzly bears. Black bears can certainly be dangerous, but if Cades Cove was loaded with grizzly bears I would probably want faster bikes!
Jealous! We went last fall and didn’t see any at all. The only time I’ve bikes Cades cove was when I was 13…20 years ago! Time to do it again as I start training for an Ironman next year. Very nice family outing.
Brie has a new bike coming & we plan to go back soon. The kids made it through the last time we went, but having electric assist made it a much more enjoyable experience for Micah.
Great share! I really thought it would be very crowded and intimidating with serious bikers /runners wizzing around. We went by car and I thought I’m glad we didn’t try to ebike it due to the hills and twists. Your video broke it down for me! We were there first week of May ,saw 13 bears /cubs which was awesome, but I might have been scared on a bike. I’m a scaredy-cat who is out of shape though! Can you swap around your bike seats?
We absolutely love this video. Cades Cove has such a special place in our hearts. Christy and I got married in the primitive Baptist church in Cades Cove ❤️. Brie did such a great job!
Which cades cove church was it that you got married in? I was so delighted with all her recent battles with vertigo she was able to make the drive & doo the full 11 mile loop! God is good!
@@SmokyMtFaithFoodFun Nice! I will have to check bike down to that one next time and walk around a little bit. I hope to do a tour of Cades Cove Churches in the future!
I love this video. I enjoy watching your family so much. You always have good information, but it's the way you are genuinely caring for others & one another that really stands out.
By the way, FYI, from the Florida Panhandle. Last night, Friday night, it was 100° heat index at 8:30 p.m. Tonight, Saturday, we had a little rain storm come through. It is 88° heat index right now at 11 p.m. Don't ya'll miss this Florida weather.😄 I hope ya'll are having cooler weather than we are. ❤️
It was a cool night at Dollywood for us watching the fireworks, we don’t miss the FL humidity! We have family from FL here right now & will be driving back with one of our kiddos. They are going to some Rays games. I am pretty jealous of that!
@@smokymountainman4964 it wasn’t the coolest looking design shirt, but our favorite phrase on any shirt. Well actually work on designing some really fun shirts in the future. We have a T-shirt shop I just haven’t made it public yet.
Ryan, you might want to explain the horse back riding & carriage rides they offer, we don't hear much about the carriages and would be fun for older folks & Hayrides in the fall. I'd imagine the wildlife would be used to the horses and you could see some wildlife that way too??
We will highlight different things on future bike rides. Brie has battled vertigo recently and just wanted to keep moving along to not have the time out too long for her. Thankfully she ended up doing great! But thanks, I would definitely want to go back doing a video highlighting the carriages!
Nice video, yea I was wondering where the daughters were , don’t see them these days since I first followed you all some time back , but really enjoyed the 360 camera views, and nice bike rides and stops, my wife and I drove it last September, but must be nice to ride bikes on the day without traffic, God Bless you all 😀😀😀, Thanks
Hey Erich. They were at summer camp together when we filmed this. Micah was living it up as an only child during this week! 😁 After biking Cades Cove, it would be hard to drive it. It is so peaceful to stop whenever you want & not be stuck in bear jams!
Way cool area. Even after 9 visits to the area we just got into the park last year to enjoy it. We will defiantly have to do the loop in Caves Cove next trip. Glad to see Brie is doing well.
Oh that’s good, I know a lot of RU-vidrs said that you have to get a permit to film in the national parks if you make any kind of money now off of RU-vid videos but I’m glad they change that so you don’t get in trouble. Great work looking forward to the next videos.
@@planetfrontierland Will just lied about that because they are way too fat and lazy to get out and film these days, they especially can't do physical activities. He needed a good excuse and found one.
Great video and good job. GO Brie. I could never have made it. Thanks for sharing more of God's creations. Love Cades Cove. You just don't see the wildlife like you used to approximately 40 to 50 years ago. We used to see 150+ deer 🦌 back then before we even finished the loop. I wish it was like that now. I miss it being like that. I wish the biologist with the park services could figure out why it is not as plentiful with wildlife like it was back then. The last few times we were there at different times of the year, we saw very little wildlife and we also saw signs of wild hogs and saw a couple of hog traps in the woods. Love the beautiful scenery but I was raised to go to Cades Cove for especially the wildlife. Not worth going all the way out there anymore if you have seen it for the past 50+ years and the wildlife depleting. Still loved your video very much. God bless.❤️
Great video…Im planning going in october, you said bike only is on wednesday until september..can I still do bike anyday in October?….and by the way you need bigger bikes👍🏻…thanks!!
I put time stamps on the video anticipating this may get asked and I would very well forget. We started at 1:30pm & made it back to the car at 3:15...so 1hr & 45min total for 11 miles with stops for water & to look at black bears/deer.
Loved your video! Such a great family trip. Im planning a trip soon to Cades Cove. Question: the earliest someone can enter the loop is 8am, if you ride your car through the loop? You can’t go like at sunrise-6am to beat the traffic and the heat? Thanks in advance.
The road out to the loop/parking is open 24/7. The Park Rangers just won't open the loop road until 8am. Hope this helps & glad you enjoyed joining us!
Thanks SSL! We have discussed rules & regs with a Park Ranger we know well who deals with PR & safely abided by all national park laws while recording this experience.
I put time stamps on the video anticipating this may get asked and so I wouldn't forget. We started at 1:30pm & made it back to the car at 3:15...so 1hr & 45min total for 11 miles with stops for water & to look at black bears/deer.
Insta 360 x3. First time playing with it really. Going to refine settings to get better quality on the next one. I do like it better than my GoPro, because I can just be in the moment and not worry about where the camera is facing. I plan to do a equipment and software breakdown of what I use cause I get asked often hopefully soon .
Hey Richard, the kids have some from walmart.com & I picked up this Jetson Bolt Pro (amzn.to/3NWOWTG). Brie is getting a new electric trike soon we will show off when she gets it.
Im curious when your biking cades cove and if a bear decides to chase you which they live there ! Since you can pedal faster than your kids how do out run them ?and protect your kids ?
I would always protect my wife/kids. We have black bears not grizzlies. They are monitored closely by park rangers & any that loose fear of humans get relocated. There is risk in some way every time you leave your home, but one can't live a life guided by fear.
