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[Greybear]

Wow, Cades Cove is a great suggestion, I just read about it, and it wasn't on our radar before. Thanks guys!

We spent last night in Seven Points Recreation Area Campground, just east of Nashville. This is a Corps of Engineers site, and like every other one we've stayed at it was AMAZING! Beautiful wooded sites that are also clean, wide and almost dead level. Heck, they even rake the gravel daily! Throw in a site prep table, a NPS barbeque, firepit and massive concrete picnic table. Man these guys think of everything! Seven Points is one of several campsites located around Priest Lake. It's also very close to the Hermitage, Andrew Jackson's home.

My son was stationed at Ft. Campbell just Northwest of Nashville, so we're been here a few times. As a result, we skipped doing the Nashville tourist thing, and took a swim in the lake followed by some relaxed boozing. We got a free nature show, as a whitetail mama and her two new spotted fawns were feeding and playing right at our site. It's obvious they're protected, because they didn't care a bit about us. Finally, we were treated to a wonderful firefly display for the second time this trip.

We slept in a bit today, but still made it to Pigeon Forge in the early afternoon. We're staying at the Pine Mountain RV Park, right in downtown Pigeon Forge. It's far enough off the Parkway that you wouldn't know you were here, so it's really quiet. Another really nice commercial park with mature trees, nice flat concrete pads, nd friendly operators.

We're here for two nights, and tomorrow is all about Dollywood. More pictures tomorrow!