re: Questions about Cades Cove

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The highlight was after all that hell, an obnoxiously slow driver in front of us who was holding up traffic, stopping for an extended period of time to take pictures from his drivers window in the middle of said one lane road, literally next to a empty pull out parking lot. I could not make that up. I felt this area could be better organized with shuttles or something, so you are not just sitting idle at the mercy of traffic, hours on end. It's hard to get on the NPS for the exceptional work they do and patience beyond measure.

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People are assholes, everyone in this thread, use the f'in pulloffs if you want to slow or stop and let traffic go.

I usually only do this on my dual sport. Nothing like passing these type of people in ditches and giving them the finger.

Rich Mountain Road and Parsons Branch are nice dirt roads to see the mountains around Cades Cove without as much crowds and lets you out of the misery early if you don't feel like dealing with the crowds anymore.