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| Cable's Grist Mill |
We spent an afternoon at the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. It was beautiful, but not very relaxing. We made the mistake of going on a Saturday afternoon and it was very…..very…very busy! Since we were starting late, we had to decide which of the loops we wanted to see. We picked Cades Cove because we would be able to see an original community from the 1800’s. The best part was the freedom to walk around and explore the nooks and crannies of the homesteads.
Some of the barns looked almost top heavy with small first floors and wide second floors. We were able to explore through the old cabins which seemed dark and very sparse.
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| LeQuire Cantilever Barn |
We found one of the first Spring Houses in the area to be very interesting. The family stored butter and other items that needed to stay cool.
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| Spring House |
Sandy had wanted to visit Gatlinburg’s 8 miles of Arts and Crafts. You guessed right. There’s a quilt shop there. We started getting into heavy traffic in Sevierville. Crawled through Pigeon Forge, and came to a complete stop on Gatlinburg’s main street. We stopped for a quick lunch and decided we better visit the national park first. By the time we finished, it was after 6 pm. By that time we were tired of the traffic jams and the heat had worn us out.
Our Webshots Album: Great Smokey Mountains
Three Halves Make a Whole?
After a long travel day and not much food left in the RV, we decided to stop at a fast BBQ place for a take-out chicken dinner. We order a whole chicken thinking this could last us for a couple of meals. One of the workers came up and said they did not have any whole chickens. “Would we mind three-halves of a chicken to make up for the whole?” A little surprised, we said sure. While waiting on our order, our discussion of course was how does 3/2 make a whole? Most halves are one of each breast, wing, thigh, and a leg, right? So, how were they cutting up their chicken? We had to wait until we got home to find out. Well, it turns out we ended up with one and a half chickens. All we can figure out is either this one person needs to go back to school or this BBQ place does it by weight.
All in all the meal was good and the price was even better!
