Thursday, November 02, 2006

.....Capital of the World

Today we set out to discover Tennessee. It is so different than we expected. We're in the Gatlinburg area. And I must say I'm not sure if this is the wedding chapel capital of the world or the miniature golf capital of the world. It is truly amazing the number of each of those here.

After driving through miles of wedding chapels and miniature golf courses, we came to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Unfortunately, dogs aren't allowed on trails in National Parks. There was one trail at the very entrance to the park where dogs were allowed. So before driving through the park we stopped to hike the dogs.

It was a nice little trail along a river. The drive through the park was beautiful. It was a popular drive as it was bumper to bumper - always slow and often times stopped. The loop was only 11 miles but takes 2 - 3 hours. We ran out of daylight but enjoyed everything we did get to see.


A valley view in the park.





Debbie & Wazzu - you can probably figure out where we are!






A small but beautiful waterfall along the hiking trail.





View from the hiking trail.





Hiking trail.






Along the hiking trail.





Wazzu and the Great Pumpkin. Charlie Brown couldn't find it but Wazzu did!

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