All this discussion of Pigeon Forge brings back memories of when my soon to be wife and I were carrying on a long distance relationship- she was from Pensacola, Fla and I was in Cleveland, OH. We met halfway in Knoxville, I rode my '68 Shovelhead down, met her at the airport and we toured the Smokies for a couple of weeks. When I got there I asked one of the locals where a fun place to go would be; he said 'Pigeon Forge', so we headed there to check it out. It turned out to be pretty hokey, with the world's largest waterslide, the world's biggest pancakes, the world's most screaming kids, etc. This was over 15 years ago, and I suspect it's gotten hokier. With the advent of Dollyland, I'm sure the pancakes are bigger. The upshot of all this is that after getting out of there, we came across a great little campground with cabins called Toestring Lodge somewhere on a lake in Tennessee, Spring City I think, run by a Waldo and Mary Boyce. It was so nice that we stayed a few days, fished, watched the locals whittle sticks around the town square, and went back on our honeymoon a couple of years later. I always wondered if it was still there. At any rate, the entire area provides great riding.
John Prusnek
I was invisioning the "strip." There are some nice areas nearby.
Jesse Open wrote:
There are spots all around Pigeon Forge that are not crowded. Many excellent cabins and campgrounds in the area.No need to go into Pigeon Forge or Sevierville. My EX-Bro-in law has some cabins in the area he rents out. I could check with him. Ian Adkins wrote:
David,
As we get into March we will start making plans for late April. Fred's suggestion of passing on any kind of crowded town is a good one. I'll start having a look and maybe I can find some unique little town.