Winter Excursion 6, Day 199

We left our dam campsite around 1000 and headed to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. We will never do this again!

If you like Myrtle Beach, SC, Disney World, or Orlando, FL, then these places are for you...but not us! The traffic was some of the worst we have ever seen. Granted it was Sunday morning and everyone was leaving from the weekend, but the locals say it is like that everyday year round. We feel it is a shame as the Smoky Mountains National Park is really pretty. The only thing we saw that peaked our interest was the trout stream along the 3 lane highway going into the park. I guess we can punch the ticket that we've been there, but no stamp in the passport as the visitor center was so crowded there were no parking spaces.

Back at the dam camp we relaxed. played some cards and had a nice dinner. We did get to see the resident dam buzzards. They even got on the back of the truck. YUK!