After a day of rest, mainly due to the storms that hit us last night and lingered on all day, we decided to check out the neighborhood and drive through Pigeon Forge to the NP.
As we headed towards the mountains traffic was fairly light.
It turns out this is one huge amusement park, sprinkled with all kinds of eateries and motels in between.
We finally got to the National Park and found the Visitor’s Center more than crowded, unable to stop we took a road into the park that was not closed.
Unbeknownst to us, the main road through the park was closed, as the heavy storms downed several trees and made the roads unpassable.
So we turned around and drove back through Gatlinburg, TN, knowing we had another 12 days to visit.