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Bear Alert in Cherokee, NC!

Last week I drove ‘over the mountain’ from Maggie Valley, NC to Cherokee, NC, which takes between 15 to 20 minutes, and is quite a spectacular drive, climbing up, around and through the winding roads carved precipitously out of the mountains, right down into Cherokee.

Driving past Harrah’s Cherokee Casino, on the way to ‘mine’ for gold and rubies (always on the lookout for a Dairy Queen), there were bears everywhere! I did not find all of them due to time constraints, but click here for the story of the Bear Project in Cherokee, NC to go along with my slideshow (below) of some of the beautiful bears that were in my direct path.

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

While in Cherokee, be sure to visit the Museum of the Cherokee Indian.

On your way back to Maggie Valley, visit Ghost Town in the Sky which reopens for the Season on May 2nd!

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1. Jason said at April 27th, 2008 at 4:50 am

   Great photos Susie! What a great idea for the town and a creative showcase for local artists. We had a similar thing in Halifax a few years ago – with Lobsters.

2. Susie said at April 27th, 2008 at 6:10 am

   Hi Jason, thank you for visiting!
   I’m hoping to get an Elk project going for Maggie Valley.

3. Chris Griffith said at April 27th, 2008 at 6:37 am

   One of our family’s fondest memories is being stung by bees just outside of Cherokee. LOL Seriously, and the story has evolved to folklore at this point.

4. Sandy-AshevilleRealEstateVoice.com said at April 27th, 2008 at 8:38 am

   What a great slide show! While living in Venice, Florida, they had the exact same idea only they used Pigs!! There were decorated pigs all over the city, quite the conversation pieces!

5. Susie said at April 27th, 2008 at 4:22 pm

   Hi Sandy, thank you for visiting. I see you are a Tomato girl! Very nice website. Santa Fe has painted horses, and you might imagine I love them!

6. Trout and About in Western North Carolina. said at May 18th, 2008 at 7:47 am

   [...] Cherokee, NC celebrates the indigenous history and rich heritage of culture and art during the Festival of Native Peoples July 17 – 19. While you are in Cherokee, be sure and see how many bears you can find! See the ones I found here. [...]

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