So late last month we headed out on our annual vacation. We were supposed to be going to Northern Ontario, but honestly that did not feel like a vacation to us. We had another death in the family, an uncle who was only 71 and I/we decided that we were going to go to our favourite place as life is way to short; and Donald and his idiotic rantings are not going to determine where we vacation. So Tennessee we went, to Pigeon Forge and our beloved Smokies.
We started out on September 23rd and travelled as far as Middletown, Ohio the first day. We crossed over at Windsor and drove right up to the guard and was through in as long as it took him to swipe our passports and ask us where we were going and for how long. Super nice guy.
As I said we stopped at The Comfort Inn in Middletown, Ohio. One of the nicest, cleanest hotels we have stayed in. Far enough off the I75 so not to hear the traffic noise. Many choices of restaurants to eat at. We chose the Olive Garden, I had the soup, salad and bread sticks, hubby just had salad. He came down with an awful head cold a couple of days before we left.
The hotel was super clean, the bathroom was clean, there was plenty of hot water, and lots of choices for breakfast. We both slept like a log that night. It cost us under $150 CDN for the night through, Expedia, so a good start to the vacation.
On the Wednesday we headed down to Pigeon Forge which was less than a five hour drive, but with a couple of stops took us longer.
Got to the cabin just before 5pm. After we called into Walmart to pick up a few supplies. My first impression on grocery prices, expensive. However we were just so tired.
We booked this cabin: Mountain Mischief, in the Hidden Springs Resort/Gated Community which is behind Dollywood. We have stayed in this resort 3 times now. We like how close it is to town, but how quiet it is. This cabin although looks gorgeous on the photos, is very tired looking in real life. We had a few text messages going back and forward between us and the property owners on the first day, which was a like a comedy of errors. This cabin has a gorgeous view over to the smokies, but is not as nice as the last one we stayed in, which didn't have the view.
I will say we are up a height which makes me worried with parking the car. I have got over the fear though of the cabin sliding down the mountain/hill though...LOL
Driving up to the cabin:
There will be more posts about our vacation over the next week or two.
11 comments:
Beautiful pictures! I love the Mountain views here. Sounds like a neat trip and I agree with you on the Walmart prices, expensive. It didn’t used to be that way, but seems to be a sign of the times nowadays, unfortunately. I’m looking forward to hearing more about your trip.
Love the Smokies! Headed to Dollywood next week!!
The scenery pictures are spectacular! Glad you were able to go on your trip and now I'm looking forward to hearing more about it.
I probably won't get the post on Dollywood done in time. However, we bought the tasting pass and it was good value for the two of us to share and was filling. It's going to be busier though as the kid's are on Fall break.
We just love the mountains, we enjoyed our time there.
The only thing we found cheaper Belinda was gas. Everything else was either more expensive, or on par with Canada.
That is absolutely gorgeous, Gill. I'll be glad to hear more. That scenery rocks. (I was there once in the early 90s but I don't remember anything this gorgeous!)
What lovely pictures.
God bless.
Lovely photographs from your vacation.
All the best Jan
You have to remember you are in tourist country where you vacationed. They take advantage of people by pricing things higher. That is the crappy way we do it in the US.
Lovely photos! Sounds like a beautiful place to visit
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