The fall colors are coming...

If you're keeping up with us, you know that we just made a fast trip to Gatlinburg and stayed at Smoky Mountain Tower.  This picture is a view from the main floor deck, looking at the trees on the west side of the sunroom (sorry, it was a cloudy day):

As you can see, the trees are starting to put on their fall color show.  The dogwoods are usually among the first to change - but the others won't be far behind.

Our local sources tell us the peak color at the top of the mountains could be as early as the first full week of October.  So that should make Gatlinburg pretty spectacular around the third or fourth week of the month.

And you can enjoy it.  October is always a full month for us, but we just had a cancellation due to illness.  So Smoky Mountain Tower is open from October 19 and on into November.  We hear it's supposed to be a pretty good year for color.  So this is the time to experience it for yourself.  To make your reservation, just go to our website at www.SmokyMountainTower.com and click the "Book Online Now" button.  Or click on "Availability" to check dates.  Our calendar is always right up to the minute, because it's tied into our reservation system.

The colors are coming ... and we hope you will join them in Gatlinburg!

(Almost) Full Moon at Smoky Mountain Tower

Did we tell you we made a fast trip to Gatlinburg?  Oops - guess not.  But here we are at Smoky Mountain Tower, getting a lot of maintenance work done. as well as restocking all our supplies.

But I just took time out to go up to the Tower deck and enjoy the (almost) full moon.  You can even see Mt. LeConte through the trees.  The moon will actually be full Thursday afternoon, but we'll be back home by then (and it's hard to see a full moon during the day!).

I figured you might like to enjoy it with me, so here's a photo.

You know, you can see the full moon in person from Smoky Mountain Tower.  We're already booked for the October full moon.  But the November full moon is Sunday, November 17 - and Smoky Mountain Tower is still available for the dates around that time.  So make your plans now, and make your reservation quickly.  You, too, can enjoy the full moon live and in person!

Birthday and Anniversary month

I just realized I haven't shown you our Gatlinburg calendar picture for September.  This shows our anniversary dinner a couple of years ago at Smoky Mountain Tower.  The inset pictures show all the goodies provided by Ingrid, our wonderful cleaner/property manager.

September is a busy month, because we have three birthdays and an anniversary.  If you've been following our posts, you already know that we're running a Birthday special, in honor of Phyllis' birthday earlier this month.

All available dates in September are still 15% off.  Just use Coupon Code Birthday15 when you make your reservation.  But you MUST hurry, because the month is half over.  We still have a few dates available, including next weekend at All Decked Out.  Hope you can stay with us!