If you're thinking about doing the Laurel Falls Trail--
do it! We're at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It's beautiful!
I'm hoping we don't see a bear, and Stan's hoping that we see a bear. So,
were on opposite ends of that bear hunt scale there. I want to see a bear. I
want to see a bear down in that river. Getting the fish?
Oh, gosh! You ask for so much! It says for your safety, maintain a distance of
50 yards from bears. No problem! We're going to put as much distance as possible between us.
Yeah, but I'd like to see one though. You can get nature trail guides here for the
trail. 50 cents. it's just honor system.
So you just put 50 cents in there and take one. It will show you things along the trail.
So ,Laurel Falls self-guiding Nature Trail.
One and a quarter miles to the Falls. 300 feet up, 40 minutes walking. So we're
gonna go to Laurel Falls. Should be easy walking, just have to look out for any
slick spots, snakes. Slick spots because the leaves could be
slick, so, I'm looking for bears from a distance. No, don't say that!
"Falling deaths have occurred."
Oh, gee. Okay, walk at your own risk. Oh they're
telling you don't throw garbage and stuff along the trail to entice
bears, and no pets. Yeah, no petting the bears, no feeding the Bears. Lol! And we're
And we're dressed kind of warm because, it's what, 36-37 degrees, and it gets a little cooler
as you go up, so we dressed with our bigger coats and gloves and it feels good.
It's a really pretty trail to walk up there. We're getting closer, climbing
slowly higher. Oh yeah, you don't want to get too close to that edge, especially since it
seems like a little wet and damp. Hey, Donna.
You think we're about halfway up yet? I hope so!
It's a good time to take a rest. I could feel my heart going pitter-patter. Yeah, I guess when it stops doing that,
that'd be bad. Yeah, as long as it keeps beating, even if it's fast, that's
good. Look at that view though, that's gorgeous - pretty. Wow! Yeah, so more trail up there. Here we go!
It'll be easier coming down. You Promise? I'm just absolutely sure I can guarantee that.
There's some cool rock formations on the way up, too. As you're going on the
trail you can hear the river down there. And here is Laurel Falls Junior. Kind of
a wanna-be Falls. Someday - keep at it. And there's another sign here about
danger of the drop-offs. "High vertical drop-offs ahead along
trail and falls area". So be careful. More big rocks. Lots of good things to
look at while you're making your way up the trail. Here's a little tight corner.
Another good view from the trail up here. I think the Falls are just around the
bend. I don't believe you! It seems longer
than 1.2 miles, but it is up hill, so makes a difference. This is a little
teaser waterfall just to literally wet our appetite for the main event. Little
ones here. That's pretty, but bigger things are coming! The trails going
downhill now and I think we're very close to the Falls I can hear it really
loud. I see part of it now. There's the river running out of it and the Falls up ahead with a little bridge over it.
I think we finally made it. There's the falls!
I'm gonna get a little closer. There's a little bridge here, to go across.
Amazing!
This was definitely worth the trip up here!
This is one thing I hate to see in a place so beautiful...
let's just hope they dropped it and didn't just throw it there, because that's just dumb.
It took a while to get up here but I definitely think it was worth it. That is
amazing. Laurel Falls We almost drove right by it, but we came
back and did it and it was worth it. Yeah the valleys really pretty down there.
Such a view, all the way up and down. Gosh. Love it. Hi, this is us walking down the
mountain. We've seen Laurel Falls! What were the things that we forgot that
we said we wish we would have brought? Well, I wish I would've brought a walking
stick. Water, oh, yeah, water. A burro, a donkey, to ride up the hill. Yeah, that would have been nice. A
bicycle to go down, or like a ski lift. Yeah! But a lot of people we saw brought walking
sticks. Yeah, or looked like ski poles with that one lady, maybe not. And it's not
real, real steep, it's just a steady incline going up. And coming back
down because, um, yeah you're walking on the side of a mountain. See. But great
scenery and falls were amazing. And we're so glad we did it right? Yeah! Yeah, look
at that view. And the only time I think I heard a bear growl was when I was
singing The Sound of Music. "The hills are alive...". Maybe that was my stomach.
No, that was a bear - he didn't like my singing.
So you quit right away. Yeah I did! We're not walking very fast. We don't know how
long it took us to go up, we're kind of timing it going down, but that's gonna be
faster. But what did say they thought maybe 40 minutes?
It said 40 minutes on the sign for the average, but we don't know if that's like people that
aren't old and fat probably and in great shape. So he just had hip surgery, and I
have diabetes which I classify that as a claim that I can't walk fast but I
probably should really be walking fast. It took us almost 39 minutes to walk
down, but like I said, we're not walking fast! We're in bad shape - it might've taken us an hour walking up.
If you're thinking about doing the Laurel balls trail...do it!
When we were in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park we couldn't
resist the chance to hike the trail up to see Laurel Falls.
Laurel Falls is 80 feet high, it's a 2.3 mile round-trip to get up there and
elevation that you walk up is 314 feet so it's not a bad hike it's actually
rated an easy trail. It's definitely worth seeing. The Falls are amazing!
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