DollyWood and Pigeon Forge
Once we had checked into our campgrounds, we pretty much drove straight back out again so we could go and check out some of the shops we saw on our way in. We stopped into one outlet mall and went for a walk and we ended up buying a few cool shirts and a pair of shoes that were for both of us. In case your wondering they were a pair of hi-top converse sneakers with the And Justice for All by Metallica design on them but they didn’t have them in Kade’s size, so we made a deal and bought them for Kate to wear and Kade to admire, and when they are ready for “retirement” we will put them into Kade’s Metallica collection at home.
Once we finished at that set of shops we headed back for the campgrounds but on the way we saw another set of outlet shops, so we went and checked them out. This outlet mall didn’t have as many shops as the previous one but we came out with a few new books to read and we also had a good look around at the other shops that were there. It was getting late so we headed back to our campgrounds, hooked up and made plans for what we were going to do over the next few days. As it was a Monday we did have plans to go and see Dollywood the next day but found out that its closed on Tuesdays so we rearranged our plans to go check out the main street where we drove in on and see all that it had to offer and do Dollywood on Wednesday before leaving on the Thursday. So we got up the next day and got ready and went out to the front of the campgrounds to wait for a trolley. The trolleys are buses that run every 20 mins and go up and down the main street picking up and dropping people off for just 50 cents a ride, so Kate and I took advantage of this transport and headed into town.
Our first stop was the main trolley depot where you can catch another trolley to Dollywood itself or a north of south bound trolley depending which way you wanted to go from the depot. Kate and I decided to walk and see where our feet took us, and as we had decided what we wanted for lunch the night before we were set. We walked out to the main street (the trolley depot being located one street back from the main street) and tried to figure out which way was our lunch destination. Once we figured out the way the street numbers ran we were on our way and found our lunch restaurant within 5 minutes. Kate and I had decided to have Japanese for lunch as Kate was talking to Alison (Nicol) on facebook the previous night and that’s what she was having for lunch that day, and Kate and I had a craving for Japanese food from then on, and that’s why we located a Japanese restaurant and made a beeline for it. It was one of those restaurants where you could sit around the cook top and order things and watch the chef make it in front of you, or there was an all you can eat sushi for $15. Kate and I we unsure at first but then opted for the all you can eat sushi as it was made fresh and the restaurant people had set it up so that you order three sushi rolls to start, and if you finish those you can order one at a time after that so there is no wastage. Kate and I both ordered (all different of course) and waited for it to be prepared, once they had prepared the rolls, the staff bring them out to the front, where another person cuts up and plates your sushi. It is then presented to you with the usual Japanese ginger and wasabi and nicely placed on the plate. These sushi rolls were bigger than the ones you usually see, so we managed to make it through the three sushi rolls we had chosen, but there was no way Kate or I could have ordered anymore rolls as we were very full.
We paid for our meals and then headed on out to walk it off a little and see the sights. We wandered down and checked out a candy shop were they made their own saltwater taffy on site, we bought some packets of candy and went back to our wandering. We visited many shops on our way down one side of the main street, one shop being a all things Christmas shop, and it really was everything and anything to do with Christmas and its open all year round. We continued down visiting various shops and then decided to try and find a shop we saw when we were first driving into Pigeon Forge. The shop we decided to look for was a cowboy boot shop and it had a sign out front that advertised buy one pair get two pairs free. Kate and I both thought that that was a good deal so we set about finding this particular shop. So we went back down the street on the other side visiting any of the shops that looked good and looking for the boot shop. We must have walked for about two miles or more and we about to give up and catch the trolley back home when Kate saw the sign which advertised the buy one get two free deal so with our hopes renewed we went into the shop. Once we were inside we split up and looked for any boots that we liked, I (Kade) had trouble as any boots I tried on at this store and previous ones we had visited I couldn’t get any boots on my feet at all not for lack of trying though. But I was in luck and found a style that I like and just hoped that I could get it on, but I was successful on my first attempt so I took it as a sign and grabbed those boots and went to check on Kate. And as it turned out she had found a pair of boots that she liked, now the only thing that remained was to find the final pair of boots to take advantage of the deal.
After looking around for a bit and having to dismiss a few pairs of boots as they did not have Kate’s size, I (Kade) found a pair of nice black boots made from soft leather and as soon Kate tried them on she said that they were perfect, they were the perfect size the perfect fit and very, very comfortable, so we walked out of the boot store with three pairs of boots for the price of one. We caught the trolley back to our campgrounds and got ready for our next day, which would be to Dollywood.
Dollywood for those of you who don’t know, is a theme park owned and operated by Dolly Parton. We got up the next morning and caught the trolley to the depot and caught the Dolly trolley as they called it. We arrived at Dollywood and bought our tickets and went about exploring the park, there were many rides and shows to watch. So we walked about and went on a roller coaster ride that was really fun and on one corner it almost made Kate and I black out almost that is, and we both agreed that we hadn’t been on a roller coaster that has done that before. After that we kept walking around the park and came across adventure land which is like a rock climbing park with various difficulties, so Kate and I got harnessed up and went adventure climbing, we went through three of the four courses and had a lot of fun. Once we had had enough of adventure land we continued on our way and came across a mine cart ride through an abandoned mine. It was your standard mine cart roller coaster type ride except for two ninety-five degree drops, it really caught Kate and I by surprise but it was really fun. We went on and made our way back to the start of the park so we went around going on things that looked fun and visiting shops that was on the way and continued like that for the rest of the day. We caught a magic show, rode the merry-go-round, went for a ride on the steam train, went of the ferries wheel and all manner of other rides and shops that were in the park.
Once it was the parks closing time we caught a trolley back to our campgrounds (via the trolley depot) and basically had dinner and went to bed.
The next morning we unhooked and packed up the RV and got back out onto the road.
Once we finished at that set of shops we headed back for the campgrounds but on the way we saw another set of outlet shops, so we went and checked them out. This outlet mall didn’t have as many shops as the previous one but we came out with a few new books to read and we also had a good look around at the other shops that were there. It was getting late so we headed back to our campgrounds, hooked up and made plans for what we were going to do over the next few days. As it was a Monday we did have plans to go and see Dollywood the next day but found out that its closed on Tuesdays so we rearranged our plans to go check out the main street where we drove in on and see all that it had to offer and do Dollywood on Wednesday before leaving on the Thursday. So we got up the next day and got ready and went out to the front of the campgrounds to wait for a trolley. The trolleys are buses that run every 20 mins and go up and down the main street picking up and dropping people off for just 50 cents a ride, so Kate and I took advantage of this transport and headed into town.
Our first stop was the main trolley depot where you can catch another trolley to Dollywood itself or a north of south bound trolley depending which way you wanted to go from the depot. Kate and I decided to walk and see where our feet took us, and as we had decided what we wanted for lunch the night before we were set. We walked out to the main street (the trolley depot being located one street back from the main street) and tried to figure out which way was our lunch destination. Once we figured out the way the street numbers ran we were on our way and found our lunch restaurant within 5 minutes. Kate and I had decided to have Japanese for lunch as Kate was talking to Alison (Nicol) on facebook the previous night and that’s what she was having for lunch that day, and Kate and I had a craving for Japanese food from then on, and that’s why we located a Japanese restaurant and made a beeline for it. It was one of those restaurants where you could sit around the cook top and order things and watch the chef make it in front of you, or there was an all you can eat sushi for $15. Kate and I we unsure at first but then opted for the all you can eat sushi as it was made fresh and the restaurant people had set it up so that you order three sushi rolls to start, and if you finish those you can order one at a time after that so there is no wastage. Kate and I both ordered (all different of course) and waited for it to be prepared, once they had prepared the rolls, the staff bring them out to the front, where another person cuts up and plates your sushi. It is then presented to you with the usual Japanese ginger and wasabi and nicely placed on the plate. These sushi rolls were bigger than the ones you usually see, so we managed to make it through the three sushi rolls we had chosen, but there was no way Kate or I could have ordered anymore rolls as we were very full.
We paid for our meals and then headed on out to walk it off a little and see the sights. We wandered down and checked out a candy shop were they made their own saltwater taffy on site, we bought some packets of candy and went back to our wandering. We visited many shops on our way down one side of the main street, one shop being a all things Christmas shop, and it really was everything and anything to do with Christmas and its open all year round. We continued down visiting various shops and then decided to try and find a shop we saw when we were first driving into Pigeon Forge. The shop we decided to look for was a cowboy boot shop and it had a sign out front that advertised buy one pair get two pairs free. Kate and I both thought that that was a good deal so we set about finding this particular shop. So we went back down the street on the other side visiting any of the shops that looked good and looking for the boot shop. We must have walked for about two miles or more and we about to give up and catch the trolley back home when Kate saw the sign which advertised the buy one get two free deal so with our hopes renewed we went into the shop. Once we were inside we split up and looked for any boots that we liked, I (Kade) had trouble as any boots I tried on at this store and previous ones we had visited I couldn’t get any boots on my feet at all not for lack of trying though. But I was in luck and found a style that I like and just hoped that I could get it on, but I was successful on my first attempt so I took it as a sign and grabbed those boots and went to check on Kate. And as it turned out she had found a pair of boots that she liked, now the only thing that remained was to find the final pair of boots to take advantage of the deal.
After looking around for a bit and having to dismiss a few pairs of boots as they did not have Kate’s size, I (Kade) found a pair of nice black boots made from soft leather and as soon Kate tried them on she said that they were perfect, they were the perfect size the perfect fit and very, very comfortable, so we walked out of the boot store with three pairs of boots for the price of one. We caught the trolley back to our campgrounds and got ready for our next day, which would be to Dollywood.
Dollywood for those of you who don’t know, is a theme park owned and operated by Dolly Parton. We got up the next morning and caught the trolley to the depot and caught the Dolly trolley as they called it. We arrived at Dollywood and bought our tickets and went about exploring the park, there were many rides and shows to watch. So we walked about and went on a roller coaster ride that was really fun and on one corner it almost made Kate and I black out almost that is, and we both agreed that we hadn’t been on a roller coaster that has done that before. After that we kept walking around the park and came across adventure land which is like a rock climbing park with various difficulties, so Kate and I got harnessed up and went adventure climbing, we went through three of the four courses and had a lot of fun. Once we had had enough of adventure land we continued on our way and came across a mine cart ride through an abandoned mine. It was your standard mine cart roller coaster type ride except for two ninety-five degree drops, it really caught Kate and I by surprise but it was really fun. We went on and made our way back to the start of the park so we went around going on things that looked fun and visiting shops that was on the way and continued like that for the rest of the day. We caught a magic show, rode the merry-go-round, went for a ride on the steam train, went of the ferries wheel and all manner of other rides and shops that were in the park.
Once it was the parks closing time we caught a trolley back to our campgrounds (via the trolley depot) and basically had dinner and went to bed.
The next morning we unhooked and packed up the RV and got back out onto the road.
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