Trips for Great Smoky Mountains National Park

8/16/09 - 8 days prior to start. All hotel reservations are confirmed with exception of possible 9/2 stay someplace on the way back to south Jersey. Biltmore Estate tickets also reserved for Day 5, but Monticello, Dixie Stampede, Cherokee and …

Drop off Sammy with the in-laws. He's going to eat well. We should weigh him first to see the difference Landed in Chicago. No problem. Made it to the rental agency -- guess what? No vans in the lot. Waited around the lobby for about half an …

Kick off another cross-country drive across the USA from south to north......driving Houston to Detroit......the scenery is fantastic and 'the-heaven-above-and-road-below' feeling is indescribable......passing through Indianapolis, we're overtaken …

I am not a big fan of artificial ways of entertainment like Theme parks and other joy ride parks like six flag. I instead like lakes, mountains and jungles…I expect one of three thing out of my trip. I should see a nice new City or do something w …

Mobile, Alabama It's now 1:30 am on Saturday, August 25, 2007. We just arrived Mobile. Our trip originally was going to start on the 25th. However, we decided to leave Beaumont, Texas today and drive this far. We left Beaumont about 6:40 pm …

We finished our final preparations today, packing the car as best we could. We are scheduled to leave from Philadelphia tomorrow afternoon and head to Shenandoah National Park for our first stop. We are both quite excited. Skyline drive was …

Website: http://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/trip-planner.htm Activities: http://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/upload/2007%20trip-planner%20b.pdf Laurel falls: 80-ft high, 2.6-mi roundtrip hike, moderate Hen Wallow falls: 90-ft high, 4.4-mi …

Welcome to hill-billy central! Being from the Northwest, we were amazed to see the "Blue Collar Comedy Tour" come to life in Tennessee. All around, a disappointing trip (Southern "charm" is obviously lost on us) but glad to see new parts of …

By Adam Goodheart The quiet splendor and patchwork history of the popular national park offer lessons in how humanity can coexist with nature.Surely these are, if nothing else, the most perfectly named mountains in the world. "Great Smoky Mountai …

Day 1 After a 12 hour trip to Gatlinburg with 3 children and my husband we were so happy when the mountains came into view. We entered The Great Smokey Mountain Park and we were truely speechless. At the end of the park we entered Gatlinburg …