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<font color=royalblue>Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love y
- Joined
- Apr 2, 2006
The plan for today was to look around Gatlinburg so it was a lazy start to the day with me not getting up until 8:00.
We were out by 8:45 and after a short drive we parked up on the edge of town and spent some time walking up one side of the street and down the other looking in shops on the way. By 11:30 we had worked up a bit of an appetite so we stopped off at No Way José’s where Dad had an Ultimate Burrito, I had a taco salad and we had a root beer each. Total including tip was $25.
After lunch we went up to the black-light golf course where I had a shocking round of 31 for the 9 hole par 22 course and Dad went round in 25.
From there we went into the Hollywood Cars Museum
And then to the beef jerky shop where we got some smoked sausage, various meat sticks (including alligator, ostrich and elk) and some jerky. From there we went to the candy shop where we got some root beer, strawberry and lemon hard candies for in the car.
By now it was 2:15 so we made our way back to the car and drove up to the Smoky Mountain Visitor’s Center where we got some guides for the auto tours and had a look round the shop before getting back to the cabin just after 3:00 for a mid-afternoon break.
We went out again at 6:00 and drove over to Pigeon Forge where the restaurant of choice for the evening was the Wood Grill Buffet, billed as America’s Largest Buffet. We were soon seated and then went up for a look at the buffet which consisted of cheeseburgers, sausages, chicken, fried chicken, beef, pinto beans, ham, corn on the cob and much more. We had a couple of large platefuls each and I finished off with a brownie and a peanut butter cookie and Dad had ice cream. The cost was $12.99 each plus drinks and we came away completely stuffed.
We were back at the cabin by 8:00, where the satellite TV still wasn’t working so we sat planning the day for tomorrow and were in bed by 10:00.
Today’s Disney reference:
Day 7
We were out by 8:45 and after a short drive we parked up on the edge of town and spent some time walking up one side of the street and down the other looking in shops on the way. By 11:30 we had worked up a bit of an appetite so we stopped off at No Way José’s where Dad had an Ultimate Burrito, I had a taco salad and we had a root beer each. Total including tip was $25.
After lunch we went up to the black-light golf course where I had a shocking round of 31 for the 9 hole par 22 course and Dad went round in 25.
From there we went into the Hollywood Cars Museum
And then to the beef jerky shop where we got some smoked sausage, various meat sticks (including alligator, ostrich and elk) and some jerky. From there we went to the candy shop where we got some root beer, strawberry and lemon hard candies for in the car.
By now it was 2:15 so we made our way back to the car and drove up to the Smoky Mountain Visitor’s Center where we got some guides for the auto tours and had a look round the shop before getting back to the cabin just after 3:00 for a mid-afternoon break.
We went out again at 6:00 and drove over to Pigeon Forge where the restaurant of choice for the evening was the Wood Grill Buffet, billed as America’s Largest Buffet. We were soon seated and then went up for a look at the buffet which consisted of cheeseburgers, sausages, chicken, fried chicken, beef, pinto beans, ham, corn on the cob and much more. We had a couple of large platefuls each and I finished off with a brownie and a peanut butter cookie and Dad had ice cream. The cost was $12.99 each plus drinks and we came away completely stuffed.
We were back at the cabin by 8:00, where the satellite TV still wasn’t working so we sat planning the day for tomorrow and were in bed by 10:00.
Today’s Disney reference:
Day 7
that cable car thing looks a bit steep 
I took one look at it and said "There's no way I'm going on that!"
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Still as we all say - "Gives us an excuse to go back". 
