Fall break in Gatlinburg -

Hi everyone, we are back..... We spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Gatlinburg with our friends Dennis and Marie.... we were in a condo near downtown Gatlinburg

We had a lot of fun being together and shopping and eating...... We had hoped for the colors of fall, but we got mostly green and brown....

We ate at the Alamo Friday night; on Saturday, we ate breakfast at the condo, then Dennis and I ate lunch at the Fox and Parrot pub and Marie and Sandy went to a tea room, then for dinner we ate at the Greenbrier; on Sunday, we ate breakfast at the Cracker Barrel, a late lunch at the Black Mountain Brewery in Pigeon Forge, and we had cheese and crackers and bread; on Monday, after packing the vehicle, we ate at FlapJacks and came home.......... We had a good time eating ........ Here is the Alamo - it says so on the sign!!!!

Before we went to many, many craft shops in a lengthy loop of such places, we went for a ride to find the Tanasi Lodge - Why you ask? Well in February the Greer's are having their retreat there and next summer, we are celebrating my 65th birthday there.... We got lost (even though we could see the place up the mountain), and drove around places where the signs said private property do not enter, and other such inviting commentary's........... we were close........ we asked someone if they knew where we were and they said "you are right here!!" - no, not really.... the fellow I talked to knew where it was and told us exactly how to get there.... my GPS system was about a full block off..... anyway, we drove up this mountain and at the end of the gravel road, we found the Tanasi Lodge.......... And here it is and after the lodge is the view down the mountain into the valley!!!

While we were relaxing in our condo..... the ladies would be doing knitting and crocheting...

Somebody took off his shoes!!!
And was later seen floating in the wall behind the mirror!!!!!

Since the foliage was less than spectacular, we did not visit the woods!!! However, on one of our shopping trips, after outletmalling until we nearly dropped, we ate at the brewery in a shopping area that was sorta interesting.... I was able to purchase something called smoked venison trail steaks (a type of jerky - no comments please)....... and we did encounter a friendly black bear.....

We had a wonderful time with our friends..... we are home now, with all the new stuff found here and there, and tomorrow it will be back to work for Sandy and back to normal for Dennis and Marie and one more day of Fall break for me!!!

Oh, yah! After we got home we went and picked-up Jill at the spa... she had a bath and got a new boo rag.....

And she wishes you a

season!!!!

So, we had a great time - and we are closing in on Halloween..... so, remember to take good care of yourself so you can take good care of another. Peace, john