Meadowlark Motel
Travel Blogs from Maggie Valley
The Beautiful Biltmore Estate/alight for Christmas
... the way, a couple miles before we even entered the gates of Biltmore, we knew it must be pretty special, because even the MacDonald's in town was of a stately design, like none we'd ever seen before!)
We started out in the gardens, and the conservatory, which even at this late date, was beautiful.
There ...
Finding more Falls - more Fall Colors!
... surprised to start seeing more colorful trees again.
The information I had gathered indicated that there was a Lower Whitewater Falls in northern South Caroina, and and Upper Whitewater Falls in southern North Carolina, so that was what we had gone out to find. The ...
Day 21 - Gatlinburg - Tennessee
One last stop before I bid Kentucky farewell and that was at Daniel Boone National Forest to see the Cumberland Falls. In 1775 Daniel Boone led a group of men through the Cumberland Gap (a pass between the Appalachian Mountains) to widen the pass in order to make settlement into Kentucky and Tennessee easier. The area has since been named after him and includes the Cumberland Falls. Then it was time ...
Beautiful time of year to be visiting!
While we were in Gatlinburg, Talia and I took a walk down the tourist main street/corridor in the evening while Tony and the younger girls swam in the pool at our lodge/hotel that they thought was AMAZING, because it was 70's style (according to Tony) with rock ledges, and 9 ft. deep areas of the pool.
A big highlight during our stay was getting to ...
Boogerman Trail
Sunday morning, we woke up and packed up camp as soon as possible to get in a nice hike before heading back home. We moved our cars to the trailhead for Caldwell Fork & Boogerman Trails hiked across the first of many footbridges. Hiking on the Caldwell Fork Trail, we passed the first turn for Boogerman Trail. I had hiked this trail in March and two of the bridges were out requiring stream crossing and ...