Grandfather Mountain

Grandfather Mountain sits at 5,946 above sea level making it the highest peak east of the Mississippi. to do the mile high bridge. This requires an advance reservation as well. It is $20 for adults and $9 for children. The park was pristine. It would have been truly spectacular if the weather would have cleared up. As it was, we really could not see anything. There are lots of trails there as well but they were pretty strenuous and we didn’t think the kids would really enjoy it. We did go to the wildlife habitats and stumbled into a private tour of the elk. They have animal encounters every 30 min to an hour. Carolina, the black bear, would not wake up to join.