Blogs from Sevierville, Tennessee, United States, North America

After a leisurely morning of coffee and reading the paper we jumped in the truck and headed to the Smoky Mountain National Park. We are staying right at the base of the Park here in Sevierville and were told that the best scenic drive to take was the Cades Cove loop. It was a beautiful drive as we have found that Tennessee is turning out to be one of our favorite States. There are almost daily thunderstorms which keeps things very lush and green but surprisingly there aren't any bugs or mosquitoes! You can sit outside and enjoy the fireflies, which I have come to love. I was telling Don today that my favorite thing so far is watching them each night dance around in the trees. They just mesmerize me. I wish I could bottle ... read more

We slept in this morning and headed out to see Gettysburg. Megan had started learning about this battle in school and it was good for her to put the information to the site. We visited Little Round Top, Pickett’s Charge and Confederate Way. There is so much history there that Theo and I decided we needed to make another trip to see it all. What a beautiful area. We headed southwest towards Tennessee, crossing through Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia before hitting Tennessee. We drove right by Bristol and saw the exit for the Nascar Speedway. Theo was soooo excited! We were all anxious to get to the cabin where we would be staying for 5 days. We needed the break. Our cabin is on the outskirts of the Great Smokey Mountains and is absolutely beautiful. ... read more