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Flew into Nashville TN, then on to Kentucky |
Wild Turkeys along road at Mammoth Cave Natl Park |
Descending into the cave for tour |
Great Tour of multiple caves |
Stalagtites and Stalagmites, oh my |
Walked around distilerry grounds in Clermont KY |
Great Gift Shop |
Stopped by to pay our respects at Cave Hill Cem in Louisville KY to Colonel Sanders |
Bizarre hotel/museum called C21 in Louisville. This is the front desk |
He found a friend |
Trading recipes with Paula at her buffet at Horseshoe Casino in Elizabeth, IN |
I'll bet there are some bite marks in those pieces in the bucket |
Drove through the Capital, Frankfort KY- Governor's Mansion |
VERY quiet Frankfort KY street scene |
Driving through horse country outside Lexington KY |
St Francis Mission, built 1826 on land donated by my great-great-great-great grandfather |
Inside the Church- looks great for almost 200 years old |
Visiting my gr-gr-gr grandfather and gr-gr-gr-gr grandfather & grandmother (died 1795) |
Sulphur Springs, KY |
Site of former Worlds Fair in Knoxville TN |
Saying HOWDY to Dolly |
FULL after a big lunch at Sonny's BBQ outside Knoxville TN |
Just ONE of the bizarre buildings in Sevierville TN |
Just a small sample of the colors throughout our trip |
Bedroom of the Suite we had at Zoder's Inn in Gatlinburg TN |
Bathroom/kitchenette combo of the Suite we had at Zoder's Inn in Gatlinburg TN |
Living room in our room |
View from our balcony off the bedroom down into the stream |
Photo taken from other side of stream- our room directly above the cars |
This hotel gives you free wine/cheese every day 5p-7p |
This hotel gives you free cookies/milk every day 8p-10p |
This hotel gives you free breakfast every day 7a-10a |
Ride a tram up the mountain and play mini-golf down the hill- it was fun at nighttime |
Just being friendly with the natives |
Walking around Gatlinburg |
Just too damn cute in Gatlinburg |
Oops, not so cute |
Pumpkin patches everywhere |
Colors of the season |
free concerts and rocking chairs to enjoy along the street |
Took the chair lift to the top for a view over Gatlinburg |
no comment |
Greeted at Dollywood by the singers |
Forgot to shower before heading to the park |
Birds of a feather.... |
Doesn't this look the cover to a country album |
Oh yea, too big |
Listened to the gospel singers in the Chapel at Dollywood |
Grist Mill |
Took train ride in hills |
MORE pumpkins |
I found him!! I have a photo with this bear from 1968 when I was in Gatlinburg |
Driving through the Smokey Mountains |
Very clear day |
Beautiful drive from Gatlinburg TN to Cherokee NC |
Atop Clingman's Dome- highest point of Smokey Mountains (and coldest/windiest) |
Cherokee NC very kitschy |
Who knew this was hidden away in a little town in TN |
Tennessee State Museum in Nashville- don't they all look so happy? |
This was actually a great musuem right downtown Nashville |
Practicing for the Grand Ole Opry |
Interesting architecture throughout Nashville |
Some great bars downtown |
The former Grand Ole Opry here at the Ryman Auditorium |
Inside the Parthenon in Nashville Park...so out of place |
Lifesize Parthenon in Nashville |
We got tickets to Grand Ole' Opry for our Anniversary |
Happy 17 years to us! |
Waiting for the show to start- Minnie Pearl imitator doing the opening |
Jim Ed Brown singing Pop A Top |
Charlie Daniels doing an amazing The Devil Came Down to Georgia |