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Always making your way to the beach once the weather turns warm? Mix it up in 2020 with a trip to the mountains instead! Skip the sunburns, crowded beaches, sandy bags, and cramped, impersonal hotel rooms. Instead, take it to the Smokies for moonshine, mountain breezes, stellar views, live bluegrass, arts and crafts, comfort foods, car shows, local wine, fun…
Hardships exist everywhere in the world, and while they may seem to overwhelm us at times, it’s always important to shift our focus to the positive. Thanksgiving is the perfect time to reflect on what’s great in our lives, so this year we want to share 15 things we’re thankful for in the Smokies. From cabin fun and exciting attractions…
Has 2019 just NOT been your year? Or maybe 2019 WAS your year, and you’re ready to celebrate? Either way, what better way to say goodbye to this year and hello to 2020 than by celebrating in the Great Smoky Mountains?! You might think that Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg are solely focused on hiking (in the most-visited national park in…
Celebrating the one of the world’s largest festivals, Ober Gatlinburg is joining in the German celebrations, too! From mouthwatering Bavarian-style foods and crisp German-style brews to authentic folk music and dances and fun activities for the whole family, head to the Smoky Mountains and experience OktOBERfest! You can also host your own Oktoberfest party in your Pigeon Forge, TN Cabin…
Hanging out in a relaxing log Pigeon Forge, TN Cabin, perusing the latest things to get into in between sips of coffee and gorgeous mountain views? Pry yourself away from lounging on the deck, soaking in the hot tub, and playing games in the rec room and fall into these 5 incredibly fun fall events boasting food, live music, scarecrows,…
Long overdue for a vacation or tired of the same old stops? It’s time to revisit the Great Smoky Mountains because there is SO much more than what you can remember! After going year after year with family to Pigeon Forge, I thought I knew everything about the area. But after visiting Dollywood’s Wildwood Grove, Ole Red, Anakeesta, and the…
Aaaahh, another summer has come to an end and the school year is already here. During pre-planning, fight those early signs of anxiety or stress over the work to be done by planning a fun field trip! These 8 fantastic Smoky Mountain field trip ideas can be made in a day or created into an exciting overnight cabin trip for…
Growing up in a rural city in Georgia, I distinctly remember my favorite event held every spring and fall in my town: the craft fair. From beeswax candles to hypnotic sculptures, this fair was a rare cheap day of fun for my whole family (there were 7 of us!), and we would always return from it with one-of-a-kind art, a…
“International peace and cooperation.” Seems like a lofty idea and notorious beauty pageant answer from the 1990s. However, the United Nations believed in this grand hope so much that it created and established a long-lasting initiative in 1997 with its final resolution in 1998. In the initiative’s proclamation for the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for…
Music through your car’s speakers, YouTube videos scrolling through Facebook, short clips on Instagram, the same repetitive news on the television; we are constantly bombarded every day with sounds that we are hearing, but what happens when all the simulations are turned off and we simply listen? Is it something more than physical? Can it calm anxious noises in our…