Smokey Mountains: Cades Cove vs Smokemont

We like Elkmont. We were there just this past July 4th week. We have been in June, July, and August. It can be nice or it can be hot. Luckily Elkmont has tons of shade to that helps. However, as someone else posted that means the rain drips for days, and getting anything to dry out is nearly impossible. The past trip I think we ran our 12v fans only one or two nights the entire week. My wife and girls work sweatshirts at night and in the morning..our site had a very cool breeze when it blew down the river under the bridge and right onto our site.