For our 35th anniversary, Daryl and I planned a little getaway to Tennessee. I only had 2 vacation days, so we made it a little 4 day - 3 night getaway.
Arrived in Knoxville on a Saturday morning, did some sightseeing in town, then went to visit some good friends, the Herrells. Apryl, Tom, Daryl and I went to dinner -having WONDERFUL burgers, then out for ice cream after. We had such a nice time visiting with them. Sure do miss them being in Texas, but we absolutely loved their home, and the area. And it is wonderful that Tom has such family history, and so many members of the family in the area.. (We were slightly envious of both the home/land, and the immediate family so close!!!)
We stayed at a hotel near their home that night, and the next day headed towards Wears Valley where our cabin rental was..
That was August 24, our actual anniversary.
Breakfast was at Krispy Kreme.. my adorable husband told me "Sweets for his sweet"
The drive was absolutely beautiful.. and we had NO rain the entire weekend -
despite the clouds!
We checked in at their office, and the lady at the desk was so nice and friendly.
We were SO happy when we got to our Cabin.. it was everything and more than we expected.
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| Our Cabin - isn't it BEAUTIFUL!!! |
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| Living room area - |
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| Looking towards the Kitchen |
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| Beautiful bedroom - four poster king size bed |
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| Bathroom.. HUGE walk in shower, and jacuzzi tub. |
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| Bear wood carved statue on porch. I loved this little guy! |
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| Hot tub and rocking chairs on the deck |
We really want to go back to this cabin in the winter.. to take advantage of the two fireplaces, and the Sauna :)
That evening we went and explored Pigeon Forge.. "The Old Mill" was beautiful..
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| The Old Mill in Pigeon Forge |
Lots of shops, restaurants, dinner theaters and touristy stuff..
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| View from the "lodge" at Wears Valley Zip Lines |
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| Dudley getting Daryl all strapped in.. |
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| Goofy getting Daryl ready for his first trip across.. |
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| ME and Goofy.. he was awesome.. I was so nervous, but he went right behind me and I didn't feel so afraid.. |
The afternoon after Ziplining, we went to visit Great Smoky Mountains National park, We did a drive through tour of Cades Cove.. Stopping a few times for photos, visiting buildings.. and bear watching.
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| White tail deer in Cades Cove |
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| One of the church buildings in the area.. we visited all of them.. |
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| Me and my sweetie |
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| Bear in the tree, right beside the road.. Rangers had people off to one side .. worrying what the little guy might do. |
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| Bear paparazzi |
After Cades cove, we headed back to Pigeon Forge, Ate dinner at Margaritaville
Was kind of a disappointment, food so-so, service really bad.. But I guess you go there for the "experience".
Next morning we got up.. tidied up our cabin, checked out and headed to the airport to turn in our car, and catch our flight home.. It was a wonderful few days, we enjoyed just being together, the two of us.. Looking forward to our next trip away..
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