At last - some fun in the Smokies

Goodness! Has it really been 2 weeks since my last post? Shame on me! We've been a little busy, though - celebrating my birthday (a big one!) and getting ready to be traveling for a month.

After years of traveling to the Smokies to primarily work on our cabin, we finally have taken time for some fun. We just spent 3 wonderful days with my former boss at ServiceMaster and his wife.

We started by meeting them on Wednesdaay at the Biltmore for the day. One of the highlights was walking through the rose garden just after a brief rain shower. Take a look at what we saw:

Then we drove to Gatlinburg and stayed at Smoky Mountain Tower for 3 nights. On Thursday, we drove over to Ober Gatlinburg. The guys took the tram to downtown Gatlinburg and back while the ladies shopped:

I'll post more information on the tram next week. After the tram ride, we drove the Roaring Forks Motor Trail. Take a look at some of the scenery:

Yes, that really is rhododendron blooming deep in the woods in late July! The next time you come to Gatlinburg (and stay at Smoky Mountain Tower!), you really need to take a couple of hours and make this drive. You have to enter the Trail from downtown Gatlinburg. Write to us for directions. And there's more - especially our trip to Cades Cove. We'll put that in another post in a couple of days.