Us folkies went to the Smokies

A couple weeks ago, Kristi led me on an adventure weekend. Before leaving on our adventure, all I knew was, well, nothing! We both blocked off a Friday afternoon through Monday evening and hit the road. She planned the whole trip, and even secretly packed my bag! One hour on the road turned into nine, and I didn't figure out where we were going until a half hour before we got there. My wife of mine is such a secret planner!

Little Ladies and Gentle Giants - Our weekend adventure in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee:

Adventure #1 - The Hotel

As soon as we stepped foot into our hotel room, looking to crash after our nine and a half hour drive, we caught off guard by the stench of smoke. Did we book a smoking room? Negative. But we did find this, which made the whole room smell like campfire.


So, with it not being what we expected, after one night we ditched the Days Inn and went down the road to the nicer, cheaper Best Western.



Adventure #2 - Gatlinburg

Gatlinburg, the city we stayed in, was a sweet touristy town. For those that don't know, it is connected to Pigeon Forge and Sevierville by a 'strip'. On this strip there are hundreds of restaurants and probably the same number of attractions. It's enough to empty your life savings. So, we selected the couple things that we wanted to check out on the strip.

Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede
(Yee-Haw! Horse tricks + 5 course meal (including a whole chicken) - silverware = a spur tappin good time!)



Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum
(Kristi on a normal size chair.)



Legends Restaurant (& Bennetts BBQ)
(Turns out this is the only picture we have from the restaurants we visited.)



Look! We even saw a bear!


Adventure #3 - Smokey Mountains National Park

With this being my first time in the Smokeys, I was amazed at the sites in the National Park.









What a great weekend planned by my wonderful wife! We are so thankful for everything that has been happening in Akron, and we are also thankful for the ability to go on some adventures from time to time. Through all of our searching during our adventures, we were fortunate enough to see one wildlife animal. A dead deer on the side of the road in West Virginia.

Fuddruckers burgers to finish the weekend was just what the mountain man ordered.



**Disclaimer**
If you do not live in the Akron area, you may be thinking to yourself, "Wow self, all the Millers do is work on their house and go on vacations", and probably rightfully so. Perhaps one of these blogs, we will let you in on what's going on with our new jobs.