Tennessee? Wondering whats the best to go to - Knoxville? Memphis? Nashville? Chattanooga? Pigeon Forge? Gatlinburg? Would like to do the usual stuff u hear about - I wouldn't mind going to Dollywood (wherever that is) ? Wouldn't mind going to the Grand Old Opry (not that we're really into country music that much) and some of the aquariums down there.. We've never been to TN so any help would be appreciated. TIA. :howdy:

We went to Pigeon Forge and Dollywood. Also drove through Gatlinburg. Both were very nice. Would like to go again sometime when we have more than a day to spend.

Tennessee? Wondering whats the best to go to - Knoxville? Memphis? Nashville? Chattanooga? Pigeon Forge? Gatlinburg? Would like to do the usual stuff u hear about - I wouldn't mind going to Dollywood (wherever that is) ? Wouldn't mind going to the Grand Old Opry (not that we're really into country music that much) and some of the aquariums down there.. We've never been to TN so any help would be appreciated. TIA. :howdy:

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Tennessee? Wondering whats the best to go to - Knoxville? Memphis? Nashville? Chattanooga? Pigeon Forge? Gatlinburg? Would like to do the usual stuff u hear about - I wouldn't mind going to Dollywood (wherever that is) ? Wouldn't mind going to the Grand Old Opry (not that we're really into country music that much) and some of the aquariums down there.. We've never been to TN so any help would be appreciated. TIA. :howdy:

You could also go to Maggie Valley in NC, just thru the mountains. Both are great:yahoo:.

Yes, I've been to just about all of those. I like caves and parks, so I really enjoyed Chattanooga, especially Ruby Falls, you have to go see that. Tennessee is a lot of fun! Also, check out The Lost Sea in Sweetwater, Tennessee. The world's largest underground lake. Very cool.

We enjoyed Dollywood too. That was a good time.

Dollywood was fun and I'm not a person that usually likes parks. I think you'll have a good time at any of the places you mentioned.

I've been to TN every summer of my life. We go to Stout's mountain... not sure what the new name of it is, but its where my grandfather, his family, his father, his family, and one more generation up were born and raised. Little tiny log cabin on the side of the mountain. No roads in or out. Absolutely awesome.

Not exactly what your looking for though...

Opryland Hotel, Nashville. Knoxville is nice, too.

Nashville is great and you can see all the sights on Music Cow and hit up Dollywood all in one trip. My mom lived there for a few years in the late 80's. I have been through Memphis and went and toured Graceland, other than that and a military base that I have heard of there I have no other knowledge of sightseeing things to do. Never been to Knoxville either.

Raised in Knoxville most of my life. What you need to know?

Go to the mountains, its not something you will ever forget!

You could also go to Maggie Valley in NC, just thru the mountains. Both are great:yahoo:.

:lol: That's actually where we spent the week. Took the day trip to Dollyworld and Gatlinburg. Oh, and Cherokee.

Nashville is great and you can see all the sights on Music Cow and hit up Dollywood all in one trip. My mom lived there for a few years in the late 80's. I have been through Memphis and went and toured Graceland, other than that and a military base that I have heard of there I have no other knowledge of sightseeing things to do. Never been to Knoxville either.

:eyebrow: Did you mean Row? :lol:

:lol: That's actually where we spent the week. Took the day trip to Dollyworld and Gatlinburg. Oh, and Cherokee.

:howdy::killingme I love that area:yahoo:

I lived in Memphis TN (or as the locals call it "Memfs) for 4 years. Not a bad city but not the pearl of the Mid-South either.

Beale street was rebuilt and fixed up. They built the new Pyramid on Mud Island. The Mud Island River Museum is kinda nice. They built up Mud Island quite a bit. When I was there it was just a place for outdoors concerts and the museum. Never went to Graceland. Good BBQ. Overton Square was nice but went to shiat. Aquarium and Zoo. You can always go downtown and watch the ducks waddle into the Peabody Hotel. The river side section is nice. Old cotton warfs fixed up with high end resturants and shops.

Gatlinburg and Pigeon forge are nice but tourist traps to the max. Nashville rocks.

All in all it is a nice place to visit.

Oh BTW, if you are half drunk wandering around down town and some black guy challenges you to a card game called "find the red queen" for $10 DON'T play even though you won the first couple times he lets you play for free. :nono:

OH! And if you are in a skuzzy funk club called the Antenna Club pretty drunk and the bouncer with a gold tooth says you have to leave......just leave and don't argue.

Oh and one more thing if it is late at night and your drunk and have to pee and your buddy pulls over behind a dumpster at a Kentucky Fried Chicken on Polar Avenue and a cop pulls up and asks what you are doing do NOT yell "What the hell does it look like I am doing, I am making a damn sandwich."

:eyebrow: Did you mean Row? :lol:

How the hell did I do that? The and R and the C are two rows apart from eachother on the keyboard.:killingme My bad.

Oh, my mom took me to Lynchburg, TN to tour the Jack Daniels Distillery when I was 16.
The place was cool but the smell of the whiskey in those barrels was :barf: The town is in a dry county which is quite funny considering what is made there. I also remember the town only having something like 351 residents. Of course this was 22 years ago so they may have 500 residents now.

Found this little copied and pasted blurb from 1986.

JD HAS A MYSTIQUE, SOME OF WHICH ISACCIDENTAL, SUCH AS CELEBRITY ASSOCIATION*But JD helps the mystique*is advertised to be:Its distillery- Nestled in the foothills of theCumberland Mountains at Lynchburg, TN(pop* 361).- In a dry county (therefore "illicit").


It now says the population is over 5k and over 30% of the town's population are children under the age of 18 and most of the adult folks work at the distillery. Wow, time flies. I was only off by ten people.

The Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg area are great. Lots of family friendly activities. Dollywood is cool as well as the water park. You gotta go to the Dixie Stampede too.

Went to Gatlinburg 4 yrs ago and loved it. Best vacation we've taken so far! We're planning on going back this July. Dollywood was fun as well as Ripley's museum and aquarium, Star Cars, wax museum. This site lists a bunch of stuff to do Gatlinburg Attractions Association of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Fun in the Smoky Mountains! (http://www.gatlinburg-attractions.com/) and this http://www.gatlinburg-attractions.com/2008_ATTRACTIONS_GUIDE_72DPI.pdf

If you need a condo to stay in let me know. I need to rent away some of my timeshare weeks this year. Cheaper than a hotel by far and you get a kitchen.

Went to Gatlinburg 4 yrs ago and loved it. Best vacation we've taken so far! We're planning on going back this July. Dollywood was fun as well as Ripley's museum and aquarium, Star Cars, wax museum. This site lists a bunch of stuff to do Gatlinburg Attractions Association of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Fun in the Smoky Mountains! (http://www.gatlinburg-attractions.com/) and this http://www.gatlinburg-attractions.com/2008_ATTRACTIONS_GUIDE_72DPI.pdf

Gatlinburg in the winter is so pretty. All of the little shops to go to and Ripley's was a blast.

Gatlinburg in the winter is so pretty. All of the little shops to go to and Ripley's was a blast.

Never been there in the winter. Maybe one year we'll do that. I bet it's very pretty. We are planning on moving to Gatlinburg/Sevierville when we retire. Won't be for another 20yrs or so though. :frown:

Never been there in the winter. Maybe one year we'll do that. I bet it's very pretty. We are planning on moving to Gatlinburg/Sevierville when we retire. Won't be for another 20yrs or so though. :frown:

I went there when I was in college to go skiing. It was fun but I still don't know how to ski. I was much happier just sitting in the lodge drinking hot chocolate :lmao:

Go to the mountains, its not something you will ever forget!

:yeahthat: Take your bike and ride Rt.129

I've been to TN every summer of my life. We go to Stout's mountain... not sure what the new name of it is, but its where my grandfather, his family, his father, his family, and one more generation up were born and raised. Little tiny log cabin on the side of the mountain. No roads in or out. Absolutely awesome.

Not exactly what your looking for though...
thats exactly what I would be looking for.

no roads mean no people. could get drunk then run around nekkid and scare the wildlife.

My girlfriend and I are heading down for Valentines weekend. Its really cheap for the weekend and there are a ton of things we looked up online to do. We already have plans for a helicopter tour, the Dixie Stampede, Ripleys aquarium and a few other things. Looks like a fun weekend. We are driving i love road trips so it will be fun.

U staying in Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg? Sounds fun.. Just trying to decide between TN and ME..

My girlfriend and I are heading down for Valentines weekend. Its really cheap for the weekend and there are a ton of things we looked up online to do. We already have plans for a helicopter tour, the Dixie Stampede, Ripleys aquarium and a few other things. Looks like a fun weekend. We are driving i love road trips so it will be fun.

My girlfriend and I are heading down for Valentines weekend. Its really cheap for the weekend and there are a ton of things we looked up online to do. We already have plans for a helicopter tour, the Dixie Stampede, Ripleys aquarium and a few other things. Looks like a fun weekend. We are driving i love road trips so it will be fun.

About how long does it take to drive to Nashville, would very much like to make that trip one day and go to the Grand Ole Opry and find my girlfriend her first name is Martina.:hot::blushing:

You could also go to Maggie Valley in NC, just thru the mountains. Both are great:yahoo:.

Is there stuff for kids to do in Maggie Valley? We are looking for somewhere to go for summer vacation. I want to go to the beach, but hubby isn't much on the beach. He does like the mountains.

Here's the rental we got for our vacation to Gatlinburg this summer.:yahoo:
"Heaven's Loft" Chalet in Wiley Oakley, Gatlinburg Tennessee (http://www.mountainchalets.com/Rentals/unit_HLOFT.aspx)

U staying in Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg? Sounds fun.. Just trying to decide between TN and ME..

Actually in Sevierville, its pretty close to Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. Our cabin was $90 a night and we got buy 2 nights get one free. Im excited it will be awesome.

About how long does it take to drive to Nashville, would very much like to make that trip one day and go to the Grand Ole Opry and find my girlfriend her first name is Martina.:hot::blushing:

Its 9 hours to Gatlinburg, google maps says Nashville is 11 hours 37 min from Hollywood. I dont mind long drives, drove from Hollywood to Orlando the entire way minus about a half hour. Left at 1 AM on a Saturday and arrived in Orlando at about 4:30pm, then it was another half hour to the house we rented.

I love me some nashville... went to knoxville, nasville, and bristol all in the same weekend. traveling from ft riley kansas in a motorhome.

Just got back about 2 hours ago, the weekend was awsome. We arrived around 4pm on friday, traffic was hell figured it was just everyone arriving. The rest of the weekend traffic wasnt bad, base traffic is far worst. The town reminded of a beach town, with all the little shops, rides etc. There was far more to do though, better than OC by far, and i would put it on level with Orlando with the exception of Disney. We did the Dixie Stampede, best dinner show i have ever been too. We also did a helicopter tour, it was well worth the money the view was amazing. They have alot of Ripleys stuff too, the Aquarium was pretty cool.

If you decide to go try to plan out what you can there is alot to do, we where about 10 miles from Sevierville, and 15 from Gatlinburg. ITs a great place to go, the food was great, alot better than most of the stuff around here. Pretty sad when the golden corral down there is better than most places up here.

It is about 8 hours from Hollywood, to Pigeon Forge so its not terribly bad.

Wow, I just got back around 8 last night and yes the Golden Corral down there was awesome. We stayed in Knoxville with a friend and drove down to Sevierville/Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg. Very nice place and extremely family oriented. It's Ocean City without the ocean, only better!! Make sure you stop and get the coupon books, definitely a savings! Very nice place, I will definitely go back. I've been to Cherokee, NC and Maggie Valley and while I like that place, there is tons more to do in TN!