Blogs from Gatlinburg, Tennessee, United States, North America - page 4

Day 171 (Wednesday 07/10/09, NJJ) In the morning we passed from South Carolina into North Carolina. Around 12.30pm we arrived at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Travelled north through the park. Visited a mountain farm museum then on to view Clingman's Dome for a mile round walk. Passed from North Carolina into Tennessee. In the evening we checked into a Super 8 motel. ... read more

Sister Julie & Godson Ryan came for a fun-filled week. Even took a tour of UT! ... read more

Fra indianerreservatet gikk turen til Gatlinburg, som egentlig bare var et tilfeldig stopp på veien til Charleston i South Carolina. Vi tok inn på et lite og trivelig sted som eies av to eldre, kanskje en smule enfoldige mennesker. Veldig søtt par. Kona var oransj i ansiktet og hadde grønne øyenbryn og var veldig veldig glad i sine små teppetissere (to veskehunder). "Sæy, aææim a nææis littl f'rrbåll!" (Say, I'm a nice little furball) Mannen var beskjeden, men tydelig stolt og patriotisk. Byen minner litt om Hemsedal i påska...!... read more

In true Mary fashion I have a story for y'all... Last night, unbeknownst to us, our hotel was robbed. The clerk was lured away from the desk under the guise that a guest needed towels. Someone has placed a phony call to lure her away and while she was delivering the materials to the room, which happened to be unoccupied, money was stolen from the drawer. What I find strange is that I actually think whoever took the money may have been casing the joint earlier. Around 10pm I heard a knock on our hotel room door. My parent's were already asleep and I wasn't about to open the door to someone I didn't know. I heard another knock and then the person walked down the hallway. I didn't hear any more knocks on any ... read more

May, 1981 - Gatlinburg Karen and I made our second trip to Gatlinburg, This time, we saw Clingmans Dome, the highest point in Tennessee. From the observation tower, the panorama of green trees was impressive. We hiked again to Cades Cove, a five mile walk round trip. We went to Oak Ridge. Oak Ridge was built during Word War II for the purpose of working on the atomic bomb, the so-called Manhattan Project. In this respect, the city is like Los Alamos. We saw the world's first nuclear reactor, operated between 1943 and 1963. May, 1979 - Gatlinburg My third trip here was my first enjoyable one. Karen and I absorbed the mountain beauty. The town sits on the northern edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The road to Clingmans Dome was closed. We ... read more