The last week in July, Jillian and I drove up to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee for a shared birthday weekend. It's her favorite place to vacation and I've certainly enjoyed the area the last couple times I went in college. Showing a difference in vacationing styles, this one, thanks to Jillian, was planned out to perfection and there were very few moments were we found ourselves wandering around looking for things to do.
To stray from my normal day by day reproduction of events I'll say that the overall trip was a lot of fun. We took Stella for a walk through the mountains and saw the remains of an old settlement, there was a morning devoted to white-water rafting, we spent a day driving a CanAm Spyder down the Cherohala Skyway and through the 'Tail of the Dragon', and even spared a little time to ride some 40mph go-carts in downtown Pigeon Forge. There were a couple surprises to the trip; most of which involved the cabin we rented. Apparently, there were some air conditioning problems to go along with their broken wifi, but those both took a backseat to the wasps above the hot tub that stung Jillian on the finger day two. Some pleasant surprises included how well Stella behaved around all the strangers in downtown Gatlinburg, and how accepting the shop owners were of letting her walk around the shops with us.
In the end we had a great time, were able to bring back some great souvenirs (including some regional beer and moonshine) and were able to get a better idea of the place we someday hope to get married.
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