Smokies Fall 2018 Trip Part 3

Smokies Fall 2018 Trip Part 3 was the first day of the trip where I actually took photos with my camera.  After having breakfast at the cabin, we decided to head to the foothills parkway to take some photos.  Unfortunately the clouds had cleared by the time we arrived. Since it was 9am so the sun was too high for decent photos.  

We headed into the park and were able to get some photos since the mountains were blocking the sun on part of the river.

We had picked up prepackaged sandwiches the night before and decided to head over to Ramsey Cascades to eat.  There was no way we were going to redo that hike.  I’m not sure I would have made it since I’m not in as good of shape as I was in May.  But we could say we did head to Ramsey Cascades.

Downtown Gatlinburg

After lunch we decided to walk around downtown Gatlinburg.  We were quite surprised how crowded it was.  Most of the parking lots were full. We walked around the Arts and Craft Fair and the Festival of Trees both of which were at the Gatlinburg Convention Center.  I was surprised that there weren’t any photographers. One of the vendors were selling collegiate Christmas tree ornaments.  It gave me an idea what I was going to get my father for Christmas.  My friend Maureen would have loved the Festival of Trees as it was a room with decorated Christmas Trees so I sent her photos.

We took the tram up to Ober Gatlinburg.  The tram was cool but Ober Gatlinburg was a little too cheesy for me. I was amazed how much color were on the trees considering how late in the season it was. There was a ski lift to top of one of the mountains but not with my fear of heights. 

We were originally going to have dinner at BBQ joint where we ate in May but was closed to a fire.  We ended up having pizza at Big Daddy’s Pizzeria.