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Smoky Mountain NP is worth a look for a trip with the wife. Lots of stuff to do both in the mountains and in town. Good restaurants and lots of options If you love crowds, traffic that does not move, and Big Johnson t-shirts, Gatlinburg is AWESOME! If you prefer toothless meth heads, head on up to Maggie Valley.
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Smoky Mountain NP is worth a look for a trip with the wife. Lots of stuff to do both in the mountains and in town. Good restaurants and lots of options If you love crowds, traffic that does not move, and Big Johnson t-shirts, Gatlinburg is AWESOME! If you prefer toothless meth heads, head on up to Maggie Valley. I love......having a rental house there! 
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Check out Helen GA. Neat little alpine inspired town. Shops, cabins for rent. Little river flowing though that you can float if you choose. Been almost 20 years since I have been there but I keep wanting to make another trip one day. My wife and her long time friends from dental college go there. Must be a wiener bar there or something. Whatever, long as they bring me back some pecan brittle from that Hansel & Grettle candy shop down in ‘nar
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Check out Helen GA. Neat little alpine inspired town. Shops, cabins for rent. Little river flowing though that you can float if you choose. Been almost 20 years since I have been there but I keep wanting to make another trip one day. My wife and her long time friends from dental college go there. Must be a wiener bar there or something. Whatever, long as they bring me back some pecan brittle from that Hansel & Grettle candy shop down in ‘nar Wont you and Renegade put them up somewhere in Clarksville or Hoptown?
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Smoky Mountain NP is worth a look for a trip with the wife. Lots of stuff to do both in the mountains and in town. Good restaurants and lots of options If you love crowds, traffic that does not move, and Big Johnson t-shirts, Gatlinburg is AWESOME! If you prefer toothless meth heads, head on up to Maggie Valley. Uhhh, you left out go cart, go carts, and more go carts and Goats-on-the-Roof alpine coaster and fat asses taking their sweet time on crosswalks.
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Fly into Charleston, SC. Spend a few days there, head down the coast to Beaufort, SC and Hilton Head, finish the trip in Savannah, GA.
That'd be my vote!
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Check out Helen GA. Neat little alpine inspired town. Shops, cabins for rent. Little river flowing though that you can float if you choose. Been almost 20 years since I have been there but I keep wanting to make another trip one day. My wife and her long time friends from dental college go there. Must be a wiener bar there or something. Whatever, long as they bring me back some pecan brittle from that Hansel & Grettle candy shop down in ‘nar Wont you and Renegade put them up somewhere in Clarksville or Hoptown? Penicillin Village? Pappy’s is closed.
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we've been going to the Smokey mountains for years.
I usually now stay away in the fall just due to the crowds but I've been there to see fall colors many times.
We do the usual tourist haunts- Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, but we've expanded out to Townsend and Cosby, we also venture out into the country a bit toward Sweetwater and Tellico Plains which is at the start/end of the Cherohala Skyway. Tellico Grains bakery has the best pizza in the area, with fresh cheese from the Sweetwater Dairy. Driving to Cherokee in the park is nice if you don't mind a slower pace and being stuck behind a 30ft RV.
We find a cabin to rent, usually off 321 near the Zion Grove area. Our favorite places to eat is Crocketts for breakfast and Taste of Italy for Lunch, but there are so many to choose you could find a different spot for each day of the year
We've rented a cabin in late July for this year. I'm hoping to go hiking and white water rafting
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Fly into Charleston, SC. Spend a few days there, head down the coast to Beaufort, SC and Hilton Head, finish the trip in Savannah, GA.
That'd be my vote! Just don’t bother stopping at original Paula deen’s. What a dump. My elementary school served better chow. And I went to elementary school in Savannah. 😃
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Lots of people love the Smoky Mountains. I do not.
I would suggest Savannah, Georgia or Charleston, South Carolina. Brunswick might be nice that time of year. No offense but I don’t think Brunswick is ever nice. And the coast that time of year is muggy and doesn’t feel like fall in my experience That time of year I’d be thinking mountains of Georgia, NC, SC or Tennessee. Fly into Atlanta or charlotte and make the 2 hour +/- drive. Tons of places to stay. Entirely dependent on what you want to do, your taste and your budget.
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My suggestion would be Hendersonville, N.C. or Bryson City, N.C. Lots to do from both locations, IMHO.
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My suggestion would be Hendersonville, N.C. or Bryson City, N.C. Lots to do from both locations, IMHO. Hendersonville is close to Asheville without the congestion or prices of Asheville. It also has a great German restaurant.
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You may need to take some hash browns with you, I'm told the silly buggers eat some kind of gritty mushlike substance in the mornings, which most people find repulsive. So I've heard.
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Chattanooga makes an incredible home base. It has won Outside Magazine's best outdoor town in the past. There's tons of stuff to do in town and around town.
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Check into the Grove Park Inn and bang her brains out. Drive down to the Biltmore estate and do a tour of it and some wine tasting / drank in’.....pretty cool.
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Great stuff, fellas, thanks!
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Fly into Charleston, SC. Spend a few days there, head down the coast to Beaufort, SC and Hilton Head, finish the trip in Savannah, GA.
That'd be my vote! Some variation of this. Asheville area of NC is another good recommendation.
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Fall colors?
It's mid May. Planning on late October. Helps to read the OP.............................  No chit, musta hit the shine. LMAO.
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I worked in a blue Ridge, Dahlonega and Helen....they are all so touristy now it’s just not fun anymore.
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Fly into Charleston, SC. Spend a few days there, head down the coast to Beaufort, SC and Hilton Head, finish the trip in Savannah, GA.
That'd be my vote! Got plenty of family that lives in Charleston....including one first cousin whose home has made the cover of Southern Living twice. While Savannah is a nice city, Charleston has em beat in every category. Food, entertainment, etc. Charleston just oozes history....
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