From Pigeon Forge and on to Crossville

We didn’t have a lot planned for Sunday.  It was supposed to be a day of rest before we got on the road again.  It wasn’t so restful though.  There were a few other places to see.

  

The Island in Pigeon Forge is another popular place for tourists.  It’s not really an island but it’s kind of made to look a little like one.  We needed to check it out.  Margaritaville is there plus some rides and shops.  The rides aren’t cheap.  Maybe that’s why we didn’t see people lining up to ride them.  As an example, the Ferris wheel was $14.00 per person!!  Eek!

We had visited Paula Deen’s restaurant in Savannah.  We didn’t feel it necessary to go to another one of her restaurants -- been there, done that.

There were a couple factory outlet stores we wanted to visited.  These aren’t quite as common as others so we made a little drive to the Lodge Iron Skillet store and also to the Coleman Outlet.  Again , we walked out of both places without a bag but it was interesting to check them out plus a few others.  We did see some interesting contraptions too.

On the way back we stopped at what had been advertised as a huge flea market on the weekends.  I think it might have been huge had we been a little earlier.  When we arrived most of the vendors had already left.  Oh well … the early bird gets the worm.  I don’t mind missing a worm.

One more place we stopped at was Tony Gore’s BBQ.  There was no doubt we’d be stopping once we saw the big smoker in front.  That’s usually a sign there’s brisket and it really is being smoked right there.  We’ve made it a point to stop at BBQ restaurants all across the south.  This was the first stop for brisket in Tennessee.  We had to admit it was pretty tasty.  You could taste the smoke all the way through.  The only thing wrong was there wasn’t a lot of bark on it and the brisket was sliced a smidgen too thin.

There are a lot more attractions around Pigeon Forge.  We didn’t even begin to touch them.

Then, there’s the park I’ve bragged about.

That was our adventure in the Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg area.  We are outta there.  Next, stop …. Crossville.



What a beautiful setting and right on the river.  It’s called the Hyder’s Resort.  The location is perfect, the neighbors wonderful and the price is right.

More about all of this in my next blog.  Check out the bar and stools Janice made out of pallets.

One more very important photo ---- Sandi was caught at bootcamp!

‘Tis life on the road.