Peak Season for Mountain Laurel in the Smokies

Mountain laurel is a shrub that has pink and white flowers. Its peak season is coming up; it’s generally seen from early May through June. Plan now not to miss this beautiful shrub! For more information, download The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Trip Planner from http://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/trip-planner.htm

Titanic Pigeon Forge set to open on Thursday

The most fun thing I’ve done so far as a “bloggist” — get to have a private hard-hat tour of the new Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge. It’s set the open Thursday. I can’t wait to tell you about it! When we first saw the giant boat-shaped building being built along the main road in [...]

Close Encounter with a Black Bear

by guest blogger Sheri Thompson “Last summer, we visited Gatlinburg for the first time. We rented a large chalet for our family, 10 in all. It was a very relaxing place to stay. There were wrap around porches on all 3 levels. On the second main level, there was a hot tub on the deck [...]