Today, we towed from 928 feet up to only 1601 feet of elevation. I know that sounds boring, but the narrow roads and hairpin turns of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (http://www.nps.gov/grsm) made it pretty exciting. It took us a long time to drive the 80 miles into Gatlinburg. I’m not sure which was worse – the roads or all the tourists and heavy traffic coming through town.
I’m making light of this day. In reality, it was nearly traumatic. Neither of us wanted to wreck our new trailer. We couldn’t believe how narrow and twisted the roads were. And it just didn’t let up. At the end of the drive, when we were totally worn out, we had to deal with the added assault of pedestrians everywhere – jaywalking at will – and vehicles of every sort jumping back and forth between lanes and popping in and out of parking lots every few feet.
Both Pigeon Forge (http://www.mypigeonforge.com/index.aspx) and Gatlinburg (http://www.gatlinburg.com/default.asp) are much more built up than I remembered. Kelly thought it was because of Dollywood (http://www.dollywood.com). It’s good to see folks working, and folks with enough money to spend in all those shops, but it made for some unpleasant driving.
Debbie had picked our campground for us – Arrow Creek Campground (http://www.arrowcreekcamp.com). They had only a couple pull-through sites, but gave us one close to the cabins. We arrived just an hour or so ahead of Debbie and Linda. Kelly was off at the grocery store and I was frantically cleaning when they arrived.
We chowed down on grilled veggies and then settled in to an evening of cards. As usual, Linda and I wumped Debbie and Kelly at Hand and Foot.
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