Smoky Mountain Cabins Gatlinburg

... has been listed in the top courses in the U.S., yes golf course, seem odd in a state park but we never saw it. The park is gorgeous; we visit the falls and hike down along a trail toward the bottom of the falls, hoping for a better view but stopping short as the light is fading without offering much in the way of views until reaching the bottom. Following a road from the falls we drive along the ridge of ...

... The nicest place was the border city of Bristol, VA/TN where they have NASCAR races (over 400,000 people show up).

SEVIERVILLE – We stayed here, at the River Plantation RV Park – a very nice facility. Our parking spot was at the river bank – we could see carp, a small silver fish (couldn’t catch 'em) and beavers. And, there are millions of birds. We don’t know ...

Update from Tuesday - the rain stopped during the night and we didn't float away. Wednesday was sunny and 70. We took the trolley tour of downtown Asheville. More on that tomorrow.

Today we took the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad ride. Weather was warm (70) and sunny and colors were at their peak. The pictures tell it all.

Train ride tips:
1. Take the PM ride. At least this time of year the fog is ...

... TN. Quite the mountainy town with cabin themed everything, Dixie Country, Dollywood, Graceland. Massive everything! Pancake houses galore (southern stylee).

We were all rather tired and hungry by this point and stopped to have dinner. Sumner made pasta for us and we sat down at our little Lola table to have a cute little dinner. We commemorated with a picture, chilled out a bit, scoped some things on the internet, and made back out to the open road. Now we're headed to Memphis...ish.

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

We leave the battlefield and drive to Chattanooga proper to the Terminal Brew Pub. It is fairly new but it in an old terminal station. I believe the waiter said the old Chattanooga hotel but I am not sure. I actually have a beer (a Belgium wheat) and the frufru sandwich (Chicken breast, pear, brie cheese). I also have the sweet potato cheesecake for dessert. It is very good. While we are dining the ...

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.

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.

It was Beautiful....

... slope via a square ledge which has been cut out of the mountain with the wood deck at the back around 20ft off the ground. Around 1pm we headed back into Pigeon Forge and drove to Dollywood which is an adventure park apparently - we didn't stop and got into town for some provisions. Seems there must be an old car convention in town...there are loads of canvas chairs on the roadside and we assume there is a drive ...