WE DROVE THROUGH GATLINBURG TO GET TO THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS.
WHILE IN NORTH CAROLINA, I WAS LOOKING FOR AN RV PARK IN GATLINBURG UNTIL ONE OF OUR FELLOW RVERS SAID, "I WOULDN'T TAKE THAT BIG FIFTH WHEEL INTO GATLINBURG!" I'M GLAD I LISTENED, HE WAS SO RIGHT!! AFTER GETTING THROUGH THE TRAFFIC, WE STOPPED AT A VISITOR CENTER FOR INFORMATION.
WE TOLD THE RANGERS THAT WE WOULD ONLY BE HERE FOR A SHORT TIME AND WHAT WOULD HE RECOMMEND WE SEE. HE SUGGESTED CLINGMAN'S DOME. CLINGMAN'S DOME IS 6,643 FEET, THE HIGHEST POINT IN TENNESSEE. THE DRIVE UP WAS GORGEOUS!
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS IN THE FALL WHEN THE LEAVES ARE TURNING.
WE STOPPED AND WALKED DOWN TO THIS LITTLE CREEK.
SOME NICE MAN OFFERED TO TAKE OUR PICTURE.
WHILE IN NORTH CAROLINA, I WAS LOOKING FOR AN RV PARK IN GATLINBURG UNTIL ONE OF OUR FELLOW RVERS SAID, "I WOULDN'T TAKE THAT BIG FIFTH WHEEL INTO GATLINBURG!" I'M GLAD I LISTENED, HE WAS SO RIGHT!! AFTER GETTING THROUGH THE TRAFFIC, WE STOPPED AT A VISITOR CENTER FOR INFORMATION.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS IN THE FALL WHEN THE LEAVES ARE TURNING.
WE STOPPED AND WALKED DOWN TO THIS LITTLE CREEK.
AS WE GOT HIGHER, THE VIEWS WERE EVEN MORE GORGEOUS!
THE PARKING LOT AT CLINGMAN'S DOME WAS VERY BUSY, WE HAD A TOUGH TIME FINDING A PLACE TO PARK.
CLINGMAN'S DOME TOWER IS A STEEP HALF MILE WALK, BUT THERE WERE PLENTY OF BENCHES TO SIT ALONG THE WAY.
SO WE SET OFF.
I COULDN'T STOP TAKING PICTURES.......THE VIEWS WERE MAGNIFICIENT!
AFTER MANY RESTS AND MANY PICTURES, WE WERE AT THE TOWER!
THE VIEWS WERE WELL WORTH THE WALK.
IT FELT LIKE WE WERE ON TOP OF THE WORLD!
IT WAS TIME TO HEAD DOWN. WE NOTICED THIS SIGN, WE MISSED IT COMING UP.
BEHIND US IS THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL.
WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE TRUCK...THIS WAS THE TEMPERATURE.
AND WHEN WE GOT DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINS, THIS WAS THE TEMPERATURE.
WE WERE STARVED! WE STOPPED IN PIGEON FORGE AND HAD A BITE TO EAT.
ACROSS THE STREET WAS A PLACE TO BUY MOONSHINE....WE WENT FOR A TASTE TEST.........LOTS TO TRY!
AFTER QUITE A FEW TASTES WE DECIDED ON COFFEE MOONSHINE.
ANOTHER FUN DAY!
IT WAS TIME TO HEAD HOME, MAGGIE AND MARLEE WERE PROBABLY FEELING NEGLECTED. WE ARE LEAVING TOMORROW HEADED FOR KENTUCKY HORSE PARK CAMPGROUND IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. I TRIED TO MAKE RESERVATIONS, BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE THEM ONE DAY IN ADVANCE. ALL WE CAN DO IS DRIVE UP AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING AVAILABLE.
CLINGMAN'S DOME TOWER IS A STEEP HALF MILE WALK, BUT THERE WERE PLENTY OF BENCHES TO SIT ALONG THE WAY.
SO WE SET OFF.
I COULDN'T STOP TAKING PICTURES.......THE VIEWS WERE MAGNIFICIENT!
AFTER MANY RESTS AND MANY PICTURES, WE WERE AT THE TOWER!
THE VIEWS WERE WELL WORTH THE WALK.
IT FELT LIKE WE WERE ON TOP OF THE WORLD!
WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE TRUCK...THIS WAS THE TEMPERATURE.
AND WHEN WE GOT DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINS, THIS WAS THE TEMPERATURE.
WE WERE STARVED! WE STOPPED IN PIGEON FORGE AND HAD A BITE TO EAT.
ACROSS THE STREET WAS A PLACE TO BUY MOONSHINE....WE WENT FOR A TASTE TEST.........LOTS TO TRY!
AFTER QUITE A FEW TASTES WE DECIDED ON COFFEE MOONSHINE.
IT WAS TIME TO HEAD HOME, MAGGIE AND MARLEE WERE PROBABLY FEELING NEGLECTED. WE ARE LEAVING TOMORROW HEADED FOR KENTUCKY HORSE PARK CAMPGROUND IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. I TRIED TO MAKE RESERVATIONS, BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE THEM ONE DAY IN ADVANCE. ALL WE CAN DO IS DRIVE UP AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING AVAILABLE.
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