Sleep Inn , Inn & Suites Gatlinburg

... s run with a vine-covered overgrown forest that used to be Washington D.C.<br><br> Humor of the day: <br> Overheard on the train. "After only a few months, my daughter has learned to speak southern. Her 'yes' has three syllables."<br><br>Sign in bar "If you are drinking to forget your problems, please pay first!"<br><br>Wishing you a life full of days are as good as our day today. Cheers, Dave, Sue &amp; Misty<br>

... herbs, moccasins, etc. We stopped to get some fun pictures with them and snag a few souvenirs from a shop. "Will the Indians pillage our wagon?"<br><br>At one point of the drive, the area just opened up into a large field and we saw packs of Elk grazing. We stopped with all the others on the side of the road to shoot some pictures and awe and having never seen Elk before. Most of them were tagged since they're on state forest land. Ryan took some video and some pictures and I got ...

... rain on and off all day, and we had packed sandwiches, so we stopped in a picnic area and ate lunch in the car. I took a lot of pictures (are you surprised?!), but we're on the road now, and the signal may not be steady/strong enough to trust to the uploading process, so I will do that later. <br><br>We came back to the motorhome and had dinner after our day-long exploration, and decided to take advantage of a buy one/get one free ...

... Not Museums, Buffet Restaurants, Music Shows and Auditoriums, and more go-kart tracks than we've ever seen, in all our travels combined! It turns out that most of the schools in Tennessee are closed this week for Fall Break, so a lot of the tourists were families, here for the amusement parks more than the National Park. Neither of us enjoys this carnival-atmosphere, so prevalent now in towns like Branson, Wisconsin Dells and ...

... has opened up and it is raining. We work our way to the I-24 interchange and enter the highway to a very slow crawl. This continues to the I-75 Interchange. We pass several accidents along the way. The worst on I-75 where there is a SUV on its roof. Looks like a pretty new vehicle too. The drive up to Knoxville pretty much sucks and is white knuckled most of the way. <br><br>We arrive at our next ...

... has a waterfall you ride by. Hiking trails are just everywhere. This is overall the best &amp; most inexpensive vaccation anywhere. Riverstone Lodge telephone # <br>(865) 448-6677 or (800) 854-7358 web site riverstonelodge.com <br>The Riverstone Lodge is also Rated #1 place to stay in Townsend.<br>Room rates are from $49.95 to $69.95 at the peak times. WOW!!!<br>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!?!?<br><br>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. <br><br>Till next time, Peace out!<br><br>Jess and Nic<br>

It has been many years since I've been in Cherokee and little has changed except for the Casino which is undergoing major expansion. We were nestled into a nice RV park with a brook flowing through it. Cherokee is close to many attractions and we enjoyed our stay there.

We found a spot somewhere on the border of North Carolina and Tennessee. It was so beautiful we spent a few days here and did everything.<br><br>We did some white water rafting near our site and met a friend. She was a cat the lived there and loved sleeping in the tent. ha ha ha.... We named her Nantahala, 'Nanta' for short.<br><br>It was Beautiful....

... what we got was Vegas Baby!! The main street is full of neon lights, old renovated cars and Dollywood. I know - it's a travesty amongst all this scenic beauty, but the busty beauty has a 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 ...