Thursday, October 19
Today was laundry day! It was over 2 weeks and we were running out of our essentials. We found a nice laundromat about 1/2 mile from us. Not too crowded and we finished up by noon.
Our journey late afternoon took us to the show “Dolly Parton’s Stampede Dinner Show.”
The lobby:
Entertainment before the show:
The arena and backdrop.
The meals were served and the show started. There was a little of everything: the horses and riders were amazing!
Even a horse and rider jumping thru fire:
And the start of a hoe down – LOL!
They were a few skits that included animals – horse races, pig races and even chicken races. For this one, they had a couple of small children that were to chase their chickens across a finish line.
When they said “Go”, this little guy took off running to get to the finish line first. He didn’t care about his chicken. What a hoot!
The was some acrobats and comedy too. This guy decided he want to be a chicken. We did have a lot of laughs.
The show ended with a tribute to our veterans and America. About half the crowd stood. When I looked around, it was mostly middle age and older folks that stood and put their right hand on their heart. All the young folks around us remained seated – it was too sad!
The show was great but the food was “eh”. But we are still glad we saw the show.
Friday, October 20, 2023
We woke to a very rainy day so I decided to go to the Craft Fair in Pigeon Forge. Very nice.
Afterwards made my way to Walmart, Lowes, and Kroger to resupply. (Sheesh! this traffic!)
Saturday, October 21, 2023
We woke to a beautiful sunny day – YEA!!! I was going to go to the Craftsman’s Faire in Gatlinburg but, you know, I just did not want to sit in all that traffic. I could have taken the trolley but I would have to transfer to 3 different trollies to get there.
Instead, we just enjoyed the sun .
Mid-afternoon, we headed to the theater to see the Hatfield and McCoy Show Dinner Show.
Outside the theater – check out the building in the background:
Pigs on cars and the Titanic in the background:
The theater:
We had great seats:
Lots of dancing, singing, comedy and audience participation:
Even a deep pool!
We had a blast. The show was great, the food was great and yes, I highly recommend it!
So we are ending our days here in Pigeon Forge. There were a few more things that we wanted to see but the weather and timing did not cooperate. Would I come back again? I am not so sure..maybe a different time of year. (Spending a few hours in traffic is not my favorite thing to do.)
However, the Smokies were awesome and we will be back there. I did try to get a site in the campgrounds but I was too late. This is one of their peak seasons so maybe another season will bring more opportunities.
Tomorrow we are heading west to spend a few days along the water. Enjoy today.
Our storage area – I pulled back the curtain and there was Gray! Too funny.
