OT Smoky Mountains

Anonymous-0 · Jun 20, 2010

Wife would like to take a trip to the Smokies - we both like to get in some out of the way fishing too. Any suggestions?

rrlund · Jun 20, 2010

I'll tell you where NOT to go. Pigeon Forge Tennessee. The only way you'd ever get me back there is shoot me and drag my corpse back. Gatlinburg is nice,so is Cherokee N.C. It's a beautiful drive over the mountains between them. I'd like to go back and go to Grandfather Mountain and see that area,I hear that's nice,along with Maggie Valley.
If you want to know what Pigeon Forge is like though,go to the nearest big city and drive the outlying road that has all the motels and fast food joints on it. Around here that would be 28th Street in Grand Rapids. That's ALL that h*ll hole is. A place to eat and sleep if you're going to Dollywood or Gatlinburg. The traffic is totally unlike anything you've ever seen. We came in from Chatanooga. When we got to the light at the main drag at noon,our hotel was 3 lights up. We got to the hotel at 4:15!!!! I made the mistake of complaining to a local. He said "HOW DO YOU THINK WE FEEL,WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT!!!!!"

thurlow · Jun 20, 2010

Check out Townsend, TN, "the peaceful side of the Smokies." Don't miss Cades Cove...........

John S-B · Jun 20, 2010

What PART of the Smokies are you looking at, or just anywhere? There's a lot of parks of course, and you can see a lot of places from the Blue Ridge Parkway. There's the Great Smokey Mountain Railway in Bryson NC, Asheville has a lot of stuff to do in the area. I'd say make a list of things you'd like to do, and go from there. You could spend the whole summer there and not get bored.

greenbeanman in Kansas · Jun 20, 2010

They are certainly called the Smoky Mountains for a reason.

Sure wish I would have cleaned that slide before scanning it.
Smoky looking mtns.

730-LP · Jun 20, 2010

Norris Lake in Claiborne and Union co.Cherokee lake in Hamblen co. Douglas lake in cock co.all with in an hour of the smokies

Anonymous-0 · Jun 20, 2010

I live near pigeon forge never go unless desperate. Stick to the back roads but then I have some sense of them, the secret come in the night before after 11 town dries up can go anywhere without incident. As the folks say do not come in the middle of the day, on the rare occasion I do go come in the back way over the mountain very scenic drive or through the hills makes for interesting trip.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 20, 2010

Thanks for the tips - I like the sound of "peaceful side" - last thing I want is city type hype and atmosphere. I need to get a map out and set the wife down but i am sure thanks to all the input we will stay away from The pigeon and Gatlin!

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