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Gatlinburg Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Gatlinburg, United States
Silly People and Ticket Machines
So today me and grandma hit the road to the downtown aquarium. Despite being 18, I still get a kick out of seeing the little fishies swim around aimlessly. As we waited to get into carpark, she became irritated to no end with the incompetence of the ...
Great Smoky Mountains - Part 2
Le soleil est de retour, mais pas la chaleur, un gros 10 degrés nous attendait à notre réveil. Nous sommes partis tôt pour faire une randonnée en montagne. Nous avons opté pour le sentier Alum Cave, un des plus populaires du parc. La ...
Lá no Alto ... Um Parque , 2 Estados
Depois de um belo trajeto de cerca de cerca de 40 minutos chegamos a um dos pontos de parada obrigatória das estradas do Great Smoky National Park. O ponto mais alto da estrada e divisa entre o estado da Carolina do Norte e do Tenesse. A ...
Pelo menos uma Trilha no Great Smoky Mountain
Não poderíamos deixar o parque sem fazer pelo menos uma trilha. Eu comprei um mapa de trilhas e localizei uma bem fácil e curta que levava a uma pequena cachoeira. Deu um trabalhinho para achar mas mostrou-se uma escolha acertada. Trajeto todo ...
Biltmore Estate
Today we spent the day at the Biltmore Estate near Asheville. History In the 1880s, at the height of the Gilded Age, George Washington Vanderbilt, youngest son of William Henry Vanderbilt, began to make regular visits with his mother, Maria Louisa ...
Shenandoah, Roanoke and The Great Smokey Mountains
... Gap State Park. We did a short trek into the hills here, following the routes the "forefathers" used to cross into the West. From here it was straight sailing into Tennessee, down to Gatlinburg, home of the Great Smokey Mountains National ...
The Great Smoky Mountains
We headed to the massive mountain range with tents, sleeping bags and hopes of catching glimpse of a Black Bear. We set out a route that meant a 2 mile walk on the first day followed by 10 on the second and 3 on the third. After setting ...
The Great Smoky Mountains: Day 2
We had all the motivation needed to get packed up and start on the 10 mile hike to the Appalachian trail (the spine of the Smoky Mountains). The whole thing seemed to be uphill, winding back on ourselves through the forestry. Whilst it was difficult ...
Our first walk in the woods
... nbsp; We also have a little balcony overlooking the creek behind the hotel. This morning we visited the Flapjacks Pancake Cabin. Gatlinburg has an intense number of pancake houses, cabins and pantries. I didn't want to eat pancakes in a ...
Newfound Gap Smoky Mountains National Park
On the last day of our trip, I decided to get out early and travel the many paths of the Smoky Mountain National Park. This shot was taken early Sunday morning at the Newfound Gap Overlook. Just seven miles away from Clingman's Dome. ...
Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail .. 11:00 AM
We will probably drive around this trail after we get done with Cades cove loop road. ...
Unscheduled Stop
... . I wanted to visit Graceland, but I checked online and it cost like $20 to get in! Robbery!! So, I hit the road towards Gatlinburg (home of Dollywood and lots of similar tourist traps) and it's a good thing I did, because it was quite a drive. I got ...
Welcome to Tennessee!
... music” as you picnic and stroll. Our “rustic” cabin in the Smokies is located about 15 miles outside of Gatlinburg. Check out our pictures of the rustic Livin’ room, rustic master bedroom , rustic sittin’ room - Oh ...
"I look like a shit"
No that is not some kind of joke, that is common jargon out of my late 60 something grandmothers mouth. Paranoid with her appearance, despite looking awesome for her age, she feels it necessary to make public statements to strangers about herself looking ...
This Is Going to be FUN!
... of real nice hikes but never did get to do any biking. We tried a couple of times but it just never materialized in Gatlinburg. We enjoyed the fabulous aquarium that Gatlinburg has and all the other attractions offered in the town. We also did a ...
Gatlinburg
... such as bungee jumping, alpine slides, or slingshot rides. Or you can just rent a Chalet up in the mountains and party with friends for a weekend getaway. No matter why you go to Gatlinburg or who you go with it is pretty much garunteed to be a god ...
Gimme some pies
We decided against Cades Cove. I wanted to go, but another 50 miles of driving just would not work for us sleepless ones. We headed for Pigeon Forge, so Matt could see the glitterati there. Titanic sinking, go kart tracks, water slides, amusement ...
WE SLAYED
... Reagan - the terrier. Reagan is only 2 but he has been to Alaska, the Artic Circle and done the perimeter of the United States and has NEVER asked "are we there yet?" After leaving the Tail of the Dragon, which by the way straddles Tennesee ...
Day 21 & 22: Gatlinburg & Bristol, TN & Coeburn
... down building and a life-size replica of the Titanic. Yes it is a very interesting area. Once we reached the actual city of Gatlinburg, which took a bit longer than Daniel said because of all the crazy traffic, we found a good parking spot near our first ...
On top of ole' smokey
Well today was another long day of driving. At first we went through Gatlinburg. That was a cool little town. But our main destination that day was the Smoky mountains.It is called the Smokey Mountains because of the blue mist that is constantly floating ...
Day One
We drove down to TN and stayed overnight in a hotel in Gatlinburg. The trip was less than 11 hours. The hotel is very nice, with a great view of the mountains from our ...
We hike one of the Natl Park Trails
... lunch about 3pm only 0.3miles from our car there having been nowhere to sit for a picnic along the trail. Typical! We headed back into Gatlinburg but $10 parking and the fact we were knackered meant that our only stop was in a BW carpark to pick up an ...
Day 5: Our Final Hike & Gatlinburg
... with "F" and ending with "u" which made it very clear that Mt. LeConte would have to happen on another day :). Exploring Gatlinburg 2.3 miles later and freshly down the mountain, we set off for our hotel, the Microtel Inn and Suites, in Gatlinburg. To ...
Cades Cove and Gatllingburg
We were up early today as we had planned to do the Tail of the Dragon. However, since the weather outlook called for potential rain, we decided to wait till tomorrow, when there isn't rain in the forecast. Instead, we rode our trikes ...
Mother Nature lives
We finally made it to the condo. Brenda and Mike had spent the morning hiking, but still, had far more energy than Matt and me. Where do you want to go? they asked. "To take a nap," Matt answered, heading for the bedroom. Later on, we drug ...
We fall on our feet with an AMAZING cabin in woods
... theme park here and the low-end tacky stuff has followed the "front-end tacky stuff" into the town. Yuck! We drove onto Gatlinburg which has a ski-resort feeling and is much nicer and found the cabin rental place where the very nice Kristy gave us our ...