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Day 22 - Gatlingburg - Tennessee
... can't come all the way here and not see it, and I'm glad I did see it. With Dollywood behind me I pinned all my hopes on the nights entertainment, which was corny but didn't disappoint as corny was what I was expecting. Thanks for an entertaining night Dolly's Dixie Stampede. Again probably many of you won't know the place I'm referring too, but it was like a mix of El Caballo Blanco (a dancing horse show) and dinner theatre. ...
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!
... it (their second time, after they tried it for the first time last November in Kissimmee).
We learned during our visit that it was PEAK time to see the changing leaves, and they were GORGEOUS! (See my main blog picture for a great example of the colors...was ideal at the bottom of the mountains, but as we went up, the trees had already lost their leaves...)
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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 ...
Enloe Creek Falls Attempt
... into the park, where it becomes Straight Fork Road. We parked at the trailhead to Hyatt Ridge Trail and began our hike. The Hyatt Ridge Trail runs for about 1.9 miles before meeting up with the Enloe Creek Trail. And it is uphill the entire way, for more than 1000 feet of elevation gain. But with cooler weather and beautiful fall color, it wasn't too bad. There was even a big ...
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- Free parking