TUESDAY

Good Morning.  Today is Tuesday in Gatlinburg.  It’s a beautiful day.  After a good night’s sleep we are up bright and early.  We ate breakfast this morning at the motel.  They have a very good breakfast.  Jana and I both had biscuits and gravy.  They also have scrambled eggs, donuts, and a lot of other good breakfast food. 

 

After breakfast we (Jana) drove over the mountain to Cherokee.  On the way we saw our first wildlife – two wild turkeys.  I have them in my yard 😊. Didn't get a picture because we were not in a safe place to stop.

Once we arrived in Cherokee we went directly to the Museum of the Cherokee Indian.  It was great.  We watched all the short movies and read everything.  Needless to say, we were there quite a while.  Next stop was the Oconaluftee Visitor Center.  It was okay.  They also had a village which was open but the demonstrators were not there so we didn’t go through it.  We had packed snacks and soft drinks so we had that for our “lunch” while we sat in the car.  They did not have a picnic area.  We then drove over the mountain back to Pigeon Forge.  We stopped at several pull-offs, both coming and going, and took some pictures.  Saw a couple of areas that had burned due to the fire.  It was sad.  I took some pictures.  Not sure how much you can see.

Jana and I both want to buy Easy Spirit shoes, so we were watching all the outlets for a store, but could not find one.  The internet said there were several but we did not have any luck.  Will probably order them over the internet when we get back home.  
 

We stopped at the Pigeon Forge Visitor Center to get any information that we could on one of the roads that we drove coming in to Pigeon Forge.  It looked like they were getting ready to do some work.  The lady there had no clue what we were talking about.  I don’t think she even knew where Wears Valley Road was located.  So, we left with no information.

 

We ate supper at the Old Mill Restaurant.  It was delicious, and like the Applewood they gave us way too much food!  After supper we drove to a “book store” that Jana and David used to go to.  They had expanded and had a lot more items than books.  It was great.  We bought several Dot-to-Dot books.  I have so many I will never finish them.  They are fun though.  Next we went to the Christmas Outlet.  It was nice.  We bought several ornaments. 

 

Now it is time to go back to the motel, put on our jammies and get ready for tomorrow.  We will need another good night’s sleep.