Knoxville Days Inn - North

... them but they ALL sing loudly... all day long.

Places we Visited:

PIGEON FORGE – This is home to country music festivals, magic shows, gospel choirs, the Dixie Stampede and Dollywood. The Parkway strip is full of hotels, hillbilly dinner theaters (including a show called Hoot & Holler or Shindig where home-boys play their one-string fiddles, blow on jugs and stomp around the ...

... surprising things Greg and I noticed while looking at a cemetery outside one of the original churches, was that, in this part of the country, people seemed to live much longer lives than was the norm in the 1800's. Many died in infancy, of course, but we saw that a majority of the headstones indicated years that calculated to 60, 70, or even 80 years of age! Guess those old mountain folks were made of tough stuff! It was a nice drive ...

We left Crittenden Kentucky this morning at 9 AM, traveling south on I-75 and picking up I-40 in Tennessee. It was pretty much a standard travel day for us, covering about 250 miles total, with a half hour or so lunch stop around Noon time. We stopped at a very busy Tennessee Welcome Center (that's where we made our sandwiches and ate lunch) to pick up brochures so we could make good use of our one day in the Smoky Mountains ...

... 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

Dear python owners all in the everlades of Forida,
You may think it is okay to realese you beloved python into the ...

... of the homes started out as doublewide trailers, but a few newer brick homes had been built. Roads to "hollows" ran from the main road, and one can imagine the homes up in the hills. The Cumberland Gap opened to the Wilderness Trail, the migration path through to Tennessee and Kentucky cut through by Daniel Boone through the Cumberland Gap. It was origininally the path for migration of buffalo, and then the Native American tribes, and was ...

... 2 to get all my Florida ducks in a row. Really wanting to manifest a laptop! Can't wait to see the Florida sunshine. MAybe a swim with the dolphins, or a ride on a jet ski, and really hoping to meet lots of nice folks! I know I will. It sure is interesting meeting different people with different personalities.

... herself. I recommended she get what I've got, which is a Honda Shadow Spirit 750. It's big enough to be able to get out of the way when you need to, and it's small enough to still be manageable. At 5'10", I'm not a big guy. She's not a big girl, either, and her test sit on my bike showed that it's about perfect for her. I hope she's able to get one someday. I got up on the 5th and started on my way again. I rode across Washington on I-90. I ...