http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Pigeon-Forge/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Tennessee , Pigeon Forge en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 14:13:42 +0000 Sat, 25 May 2013 14:13:42 +0000 Thursday December 6 2012To help us get in the Christmas spirit we found a small window of weather opportunity and drove the 4 hours to Dollywood in Pigeon Forge Tennessee. We had planned on going earlier but decided we would have to bypass it this year because it was too cold to be walking around outside. However as we watched the weather warming in Atlanta we thought we would look again http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Pigeon-Forge/blog-760731.html Damon is in a wedding this weekend and wanted to get a tan so what better place than Dollywood I managed to sneak my camera out on the one roller coaster and take a video of us in the double loop http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Pigeon-Forge/blog-490299.html I found out what to do if you come across a bear. Don't run don't climb a tree just stand still. yeah right as the sh.. runs down your leg. Fortunately I spoke to a forest ranger and he said that as the bears were only just coming out of hibernation you don't have a lot to worry about as 'they are just like an old dawg'' I assume he means something like an old black labrador or similar. anyhow I http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Pigeon-Forge/blog-487041.html November 12 2009Today we went back into town and did a bit more exploring. We decided to go to Dollywood and take a look from the outside just to see what it was about. When we found it you could see nothing from the parking lot. After hemming and hawingit costs 50.00 a person to get in Donna and I decided to goafter all when would we be in Pigeon Forge again Dollywood was quite a surp http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Pigeon-Forge/blog-453109.html November 11 2009We continue our stay in the mountain cabin. Today is Veterans day and we are mindful of our menboys many of them so far from home putting their lives on the line so that people like us have the freedom to enjoy a trip like thismay they be safe and return to us unharmed. We thank Tim now home safely for his courageous service and we send our hopeful prayers out to Tom http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Pigeon-Forge/blog-452995.html November 9 and 10 2009We left our hotel in Memphis early this morning. We were on our way to Nashville and had many miles to cover. The ride to Nashville was uneventful and actually shorter than we thought. We had arranged for a hotel on the internet and got there around 2pm. We started to look for tours of the city but we had pretty much missed the days opportunities because of timing. We mad http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Pigeon-Forge/blog-452723.html It's moving time. After one year one week and one day working for Coglan Air in Manassas VA I have been transferred to Pinnacle the parent company headquartered in Memphis TN. A quick search of the driving route from DC to Memphis turned up an obvious rest stop in East Tennessee's wonderland known as GatlinburgPigeon Forge. Sensing the perfect opportunity for a road trip of epic proportions http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Pigeon-Forge/blog-368550.html Sunday night was a total bust Stephen Cochrane one of my favourite artists was back in town for a 2 night stint at the Wildhorse Saloon. He played Saturday night for an hour but of course I was too busy getting kicked out of the Opry and sometimes you just can't be in two places at once. There was mixed information about his Sunday performance. The wildhorse website said that it was a private eve http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Pigeon-Forge/blog-329376.html Orlando was good did the usual theme park shananigans. Oh...I failed to read the small print when booking our hotel should have known it was too good to be true. We ended up committed to a time share presentation as part of the terms and conditions of the booking...very painful. We then headed off to the everglades where Ron was set on finding a alligator to wrestle . Untold Mosquitoes and g http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Pigeon-Forge/blog-324791.html My wife and I stayed three days in Pigeon Forge to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. Pigeon Forge is just north of Gatlinburg which sits at the northern entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This area is in north eastern Tennessee south of Interstate 40.Overall Enjoyable I would love to visit again.AccommodationsWe rented a small cabin from Cabin Fever Vacations . I mentio http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Pigeon-Forge/blog-307443.html The Dixie Stampede is a dinner theater in Pigeon Forge. I knew little about it before having dinner there except that it was associated with the country singing star Dolly Parton. The audience is seated at long tables that face a rodeo arena. The show is centered about horses and horse riding equestrian. There are few of these types of shows anywhere in the U.S. If you like horses and horse ridi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Pigeon-Forge/blog-306664.html This is a dinner theater in the heart of Pigeon Forge. It is where else on highway 441 the strip of Pigeon Forge.We sat at a table for two bigger tables available for bigger parties ate dinner and watched a warm up act and the main show. The warm up act was a fivepiece country band. The main show was an hourlong song and dance show.The main show comprised medleys from 1950's rock n rol http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Pigeon-Forge/blog-306442.html