Landscape, Cade's Cove

Beautiful and serene Cade's Cove sits tucked away in southwestern Great Smoky Mountains National Park just a few miles from Townsend, Tennessee. Within this valley nestled between two mountain ranges, lies many a cabin, as well as several churches and homesteads. Reminiscent of a tiny community standing alone in this broad valley, Tipton's Place, which I wrote about recently was one of those homesteads. As I slowly traveled this back road making my way along the valley floor, I would stop to capture scenes that caught my eye, forever to be chronicled in my archives.

Deep in the valley now I stopped to take several images. When I turned and looked out across the valley I found this scene. Immediately I sat about to capture it to show you the larger landscape as I looked out across the fields. The simplicity of it was overwhelming. The abandoned barn sitting far off in the distance was surrounded by layers of fields with brush and trees between. The mountain provided the perfect backdrop while subtle hints of Fall foliage dotted the landscape adding yet one more layer. It is life from a simpler time perhaps the best of times. ENJOY!