Cumberland Gap National Park…

Last Tuesday, after our visit to the Titanic Museum, and the Smoky Mountain Knife Works in Pigeon Forge, TN, we pulled into the Cumberland Gap National Park!We try not to pull into campground in the dark, but this time we did, and easily found a lovely site!   The park has one campground, and it is treed with big […]

Mexican S’mores recipe- The ULTIMATE camping treat…

Last summer, some family friends shared with us a special treat that has now become one of our favorite ever desserts!  We reserve it to ‘camping’, and don’t do it very often so that it stays ‘special’, but I thought I would re-share the s’mores recipe in case anyone missed it before. We had never […]

Pigeon Forge & Smoky Mountain Knife Works, TN…

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While we were visiting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, we also checked out the town of Pigeon Forge, TN.  I had forgotten how touristy towns out here in the east can be; it reminded us of Myrtle Beach, with all the themed mini golf courses. We were surprised by all the BIG touristy things […]

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN…

On Monday, we visited the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  Located in the southeast corner of Tennessee and the northwest corner of North Carolina, the park encompasses over 500,000 acres, and is the most visited National Park in the nation.  One visit and we could see why! Our first stop was at the Sugarlands Visitor’s Center in the […]

Blue Ridge Parkway…

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While we were in South Carolina, the guys had some fun with the local water vines… The other fulltime family dad that we were camping with had told Vaughn how he grew up swinging on water vines in forests just like this one.  When the guys were out mushroom hunting, they started looking around at all […]