Great Smokys

Thursday we drove through the Great Smokys, and weren't too impressed. It was pretty enough, but it's no Yellowstone or Yosemite. Maybe if we had taken the road to Cades Cove. Anyway, they claim it's the most visited park in the nation, but we were a little skeptical, since they don't have admission booths like some parks. That said it was pretty crowded, especially considering it was a weekday in October.

Most of the turnouts contained at least a couple of cars, so I was unable to pull the motor home in. I imagine it's close to unbearable in the summer. We stopped at the Oconaluftee visitor center in North Carolina on the way into the park, and the Sugarlands Visitor Center in Tennessee on the way out. 

After leaving the Smokys, we drove through Pigeon Forge, TN, and stopped at another Boyd's Bear shop. Pigeon Forge reminded us a lot of Kissimmee - lots of mini-golf courses and touristy shops and restaurants.

Yesterday, following a night in a Tennessee State Park, we drove to St Louis to visit friends for the weekend. We stopped briefly in Metropolis, Illinois, but didn't have enough time to tour the Superman Museum there.