Getaway to Gatlinburg

Before I was so rudely interrupted by my  Las Vegas adventure, I started to tell you about my travels to Tennessee. Well, lets get back to the hills of Tennessee for a much more relaxing experience.
We arrived in Nashville late due to some unexpected delays on Delta as mentioned in my previous post Delta Disappoints. We were picked up at the airport by my in-laws and spent the night at my sister-in-law's town home in Nashville. We didn't really have time to tour Nashville on this visit, because we had bigger and better things to explore beginning bright and early the next morning.
I was under the impression we were just spending a few nights in a cabin up in the mountains, but by the looks of the packed trunk of my mother-in-law's car we were prepared for a month long pilgrimage. She is the queen of snack food and by God we had it all! We had to take the case of bottled water and stuff individual bottles in the spaces between the chips and canned chili. We had games to play, movies to watch, books to read and enough camera equipment to go on an expedition with. We even managed to get a few clothes and a change of underwear squeezed into the backseat between hubby and me, along with the Tassimo  machine and the laundry detergent. Keep in mind this is a 2 night trip. Despite all the crap we had managed to pack into the car, we were all looking forward to this peaceful outing in the wilderness. Now,when I say wilderness, or cabin, I am afraid many of you may get the wrong idea and think that I am roughing it in a cabin with just a wood burning fireplace for heat and an outhouse with a resident snake. Nope, not me! My mother-in-law rented us a gorgeous 3 story, 3 bedroom, 3 bath log home in the hills of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. She booked this cabin online with American Patriot Getaways which had many great cabins to choose from. Being the spoiled rotten travelers that we are, we opted for the cabin with the view and the hot tub on the deck. Our cabin was called Smoky Mountain Mist and we were anxiously awaiting our arrival there. Unfortunately, we had about 3 to 4 hours of driving ahead of us first............

Comments

[Fred]

Hey Annie, now that's sounding quite familiar! We have stayed in many 'cabins' around Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, and Townsend over the years. Some more rustic than others, but we've never been really disappointed. Look forward to hearing more of your TN adventure, and hope it was nice enough to want to come back! Thanks again for stopping by to visit our Virtual Tourist page! You may have noticed that many of our pics on the home page and the Spring in Tennessee album are from the Gatlinburg, Smoky Mountain area. http://www.nps.gov/grsm/ I'll check back for more of the story....

[Annie]

Fred-Something tells me we will be back. There is more to see that we just skimmed past, apparently. You will get the idea soon enough. You know me, I like to keep people in suspense.

[TripTheLady]

We went to Gatlinburg for our honeymoon 20 years ago ;) It is a beautiful place to visit!