Hello All,
There were several wonderful things about this trip. First we planned a day at Rising Sun Casino. It was beautiful thousands of games and beautiful buildings. We stayed at a local hotel and continued our trip the next morning. We arrived at Black Bear Logding around 4pm. We received the directions to our cabin "Cloud Nine". The road was paved but wow it was up there, about 2.5 miles up a mountain. The scene was awesome. Most of the adventure occurred on Tuesay. We toured Gatlinburg and did alot of site seeing. We returned to the cabin around 6pm. We decided that to go out to the hot tube and relax by watching the sunset. We continued to talk and watch the hours go by. Around 9pm the sun was completely behind the mountains and started getting dark. We heard some small noises and began joking around of what it could be. I had turned to look at the porch and noticed something moving. I continued struggling to see what it was. Next thing I know..."Bear" my husband said what are you talking about. I pointed and started screaming BEAR, BEAR... and jumped out of the hot tub and ran to the door. It was a few moments later when he finally came in. The Black Bear "Teddy" (we named him) was about four to four and half feet tall and huge around 400-450lbs. My husband said that when i jumped out i dunked him in the water and by the time that he got up the bear was looking at him with a friendly and confused looking. Crazy girl. that was my name.
Hope that you find memories on your trip.
Dave And Laura Borows