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I was there in a cabin in Sevierville this week with my wife and it's really just a tourist trap to me. I'll admit to not really being a people person and honestly almost anything that draws a crowd sends me the other way. I spent a few cold mornings in SMNP taking a few photos of the locals that I can relate to. I'll try add add a few pics Oh by the way I stopped by Smokey Mountain Knife Works and found it full of typical city folks with no idea what they were looking at. Most had several 5 dollar made in china folders in their hand. There were also a couple tweekers in the parking lot trying to sell their recently stolen goods. Yep I really don't care for most folks................ https://i.imgur.com/gaTnSIV.jpg[/img][/img] ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/o6X7YqS.jpg) [/img][img ] https://i.imgur.com/1SXXMFZ.jpg[/img][/img][img][img] https://i.imgur.com/STbSJEb.jpg[/img][/img] [img][img] https://i.imgur.com/dqklkcI.jpg[/img][/img] Nice photos. We are really looking forward to seeing the country. Maybe a deer hunting trip in the future? There HAS to be more deer than the Adirondacks!
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swing by slums crib for all you can eat pulled pork and canned 'mators.
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The hotel in Elkmont was more than restoreable before it was closed. The park let it rot into the ground due to neglect, erosion slowly destroyed the stone foundation on the hillside where it sat. Now due to mismanagement and overall stupidity our Park Service hasn't the funds needed to do much more than tear down the old homesteads. They would have faired better if left in private hands. Private holdings inside our National Parks should have never been taken by our government. Some of the most disgusting federal land grabs in America lay scattered about in our parks.
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swing by slums crib for all you can eat pulled pork and canned 'mators. You gotta be a brave man to eat 20 year old canned tomatoes. Lord only knows how long his porks been in the freezer.
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I was there in a cabin in Sevierville this week with my wife and it's really just a tourist trap to me. I'll admit to not really being a people person and honestly almost anything that draws a crowd sends me the other way. I spent a few cold mornings in SMNP taking a few photos of the locals that I can relate to. I'll try add add a few pics Oh by the way I stopped by Smokey Mountain Knife Works and found it full of typical city folks with no idea what they were looking at. Most had several 5 dollar made in china folders in their hand. There were also a couple tweekers in the parking lot trying to sell their recently stolen goods. Yep I really don't care for most folks................ https://i.imgur.com/gaTnSIV.jpg[/img][/img] [/img][img ] https://i.imgur.com/1SXXMFZ.jpg[/img][/img][img][img] https://i.imgur.com/STbSJEb.jpg[/img][/img] [img][img] https://i.imgur.com/dqklkcI.jpg[/img][/img] Nice photos. We are really looking forward to seeing the country. Maybe a deer hunting trip in the future? There HAS to be more deer than the Adirondacks! I wouldn't bet on it.
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I was there in a cabin in Sevierville this week with my wife and it's really just a tourist trap to me. I'll admit to not really being a people person and honestly almost anything that draws a crowd sends me the other way. I spent a few cold mornings in SMNP taking a few photos of the locals that I can relate to. I'll try add add a few pics Oh by the way I stopped by Smokey Mountain Knife Works and found it full of typical city folks with no idea what they were looking at. Most had several 5 dollar made in china folders in their hand. There were also a couple tweekers in the parking lot trying to sell their recently stolen goods. Yep I really don't care for most folks................ https://i.imgur.com/gaTnSIV.jpg[/img][/img] [/img][img ] https://i.imgur.com/1SXXMFZ.jpg[/img][/img][img][img] https://i.imgur.com/STbSJEb.jpg[/img][/img] [img][img] https://i.imgur.com/dqklkcI.jpg[/img][/img] Nice photos. We are really looking forward to seeing the country. Maybe a deer hunting trip in the future? There HAS to be more deer than the Adirondacks! I wouldn't bet on it. Focus on Middle or West TN if you are planning on traveling there to deer hunt. There are some nice bucks in East TN, but the deer density is generally lower in the mountains.
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swing by slums crib for all you can eat pulled pork and canned 'mators. You gotta be a brave man to eat 20 year old canned tomatoes. Lord only knows how long his porks been in the freezer. eat a bowl of funny tasting tomatoes and wake up in the sistern
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![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/kBGiJSMl.jpg) This is the view from my living room last January. The mountains look a little Smoky.
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I used to watch videos of guys on big dressers not negotiating turns on the dragon tail and driving off the road. Youtube has a handful of them. It's a fun road to ride as long as you stay on it. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/dVcCQVHM/eccef751-13be-455f-abd0-972970228758.jpg) It’s OK, my brother and I rode it in July of 2010. Prob’ly better before it became famous. Too many slower-moving Harley dressers. The Sheriff’s Deputy parked half way down didn’t help either. I’ve ridden other roads I liked better.
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The deer hunting here sucks honestly.
If you kill a 110” deer it’s something!!! Super small deer and low density
Coming here to hunt would be a total waste of time money and energy
Don’t do it is moral of story
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Ride the dragon and your odds of meeting me in person while at work go way up
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We just drove into Tennessee. 21 degree and snow flurries. Just like home! The Blue Ridge mountains through Virginia were beautiful. We are very much looking forward to our time in the Smokey’s!
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Ride the dragon and your odds of meeting me in person while at work go way up.  I've ridden the dragon - twice... It ain't for newbies...
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We just drove into Tennessee. 21 degree and snow flurries. Just like home! The Blue Ridge mountains through Virginia were beautiful. We are very much looking forward to our time in the Smokey’s! I81 to 40W?
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We just drove into Tennessee. 21 degree and snow flurries. Just like home! The Blue Ridge mountains through Virginia were beautiful. We are very much looking forward to our time in the Smokey’s! I81 to 40W? Yes sir. We are all settled into the cabin we rented. The view off the back porch is breathtaking.
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Cades cove is cool. Me and wife went there on our honeymoon 24 years ago, we used Laurel Mt chalets. I got drunk & passed out shortly after we arrived. Best to keep the expectations low for a happy marriage lol
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Cades cove is cool. Me and wife went there on our honeymoon 24 years ago, we used Laurel Mt chalets. I got drunk & passed out shortly after we arrived. Best to keep the expectations low for a happy marriage lol My first wife and I rented a cabin there 23 years ago. She's gone now, died the next year.
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Yes sir. We are all settled into the cabin we rented. The view off the back porch is breathtaking.
Pics....
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That's a shame blindshooter, sounds like she was cut down in her prime
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Your are getting some good advice. You haven't missed anything by not going to Aruba. I would not return FOR FREE. The laziest people in the world must live in Aruba. The fools drive 2 feet off your bumper. They still take Siesta's (means lazy). TN is a good visit !!
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