ZR-1 Road Trip To Gatlinburg, Tennessee

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Over the weekend, Lyndi and I took a quick road trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway.

I found Gatlinburg to be very crowded and filled with a lot of tourist-type gift shops, attractions, restaurants and motels. The traffic in the town was horrible and parking was pay as you go:






HOWEVER, just out of town is the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is worth the visit to Eastern Tennessee.



We drove out of Gatlinburg on Rolling Fork Road and found many easy to get to trails for hiking and picnicking.




We drove up to Clingmans Dome, the highest point in the park where there is a neat observation tower on a half mile trail from the parking lot. Here is the YELLOWZ with the Smoky Mountains in the background, hidden by the fog:



Here is the view from the parking lot a little earlier:




to be continued.....

Jim