Comfort Hotel Knoxville

... in a paw-paw thicket. The feud was on!

· A pawpaw tree produces fruit the size of your palm and can easily be grafted to produce a banana/pineapple or custard/banana flavor.

· Twice as many people visit the Smoky Mountains than the Grand Canyon. And, they’re called the Smoky’s because of the clouds that form in them and then billow out from the valleys - it looks like smoke ...

... 441 through the center of the park, indicating that, at the higher elevations, the fog would be too thick to see anything, anyway, and it could be a little white knuckled driving the curves in the fog. He encouraged us to travel the Cades Cove Loop, instead, which runs along the far western side of the park, and includes a number of the original Appalachian homes, churches and farmsteads of the early pioneers in the area. One of the ...

... so once we got the motorhome in our site and parked - we chose to just stay in and watch lots of good stuff on TV ("good stuff" being defined as the Angels beating the Red Sox to win the Division Title, my favorite driver Jimmie Johnson winning the Nascar Race at California Speedway, and the not-so-good NY Yankees beating the Minnesota Twins).

Tomorrow, rain or shine...we're doing Smoky Mountains National Park!

... Al has the Yankees game on (he’s rooting against them). We watch as A-Rod hits the two run homer to tie up the game. We switch over to the History Channel and catch the end of a show on shotguns and then it is ammo time. I never knew the minie ball was actually named after the Frenchman Minie that invented it. Ah guns and ammo all in one day. I am ready for bed. Wonder what I might dream about?

... has a waterfall you ride by. Hiking trails are just everywhere. This is overall the best & most inexpensive vaccation anywhere. Riverstone Lodge telephone #
(865) 448-6677 or (800) 854-7358 web site riverstonelodge.com
The Riverstone Lodge is also Rated #1 place to stay in Townsend.
Room rates are from $49.95 to $69.95 at the peak times. WOW!!!
The Lodge also has two 3 bedroom homes on the river that are nightly rentals.

... We haven't decided if we're gonna take the park or not!?!?

Pigeon Forge is like a mini Vegas for kids. The Street is lit up for miles with tons of miniature golf, go carts, shows and of course shops. We got in pretty late so we didn't stop to check any of that out. We're probably gonna do that today has well as make our way through The Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Till next time, Peace out!

Jess and Nic

... what happened to me, and he did not have any of the hotel info or any info. Finally, I was able to leave a message at Heathrow that he received, and he returned my call. I tried to explain to him where our hotel was and how to get there - it was a challenge, but he made it. The next day, my third rescheduled flight was again cancelled. I finally got on the fourth one and joined Michael 24 hours later than expected. UGH!

Traveling home from Fall Creek Falls we made a side trip to Knoxville, TN to view the reopening of 1982 World's Fair Sunsphere. The Sunsphere has only been reopened since July 5th of this year. Dad, Michael, Aneesa and I strolled through the World's Fair Park and took a ride up to the obervation deck of the Sunsphere. The obervation deck is ...

After being chased to the airport by a horde of family and friends, the travelers pose for a final photo in the land of the Smoky Mountains. Of the 6 1/2 shown here, can you guess which 5 actually boarded the airplane? After assuring the other 4 have cleared security, Shannon proceeds to the gate.