It's Friday! Who else is glad to see this weekend arrive - the final weekend in June! I cannot believe that; I feel like this year is passing faster than last year. I guess that's how it works, isn't it? I decided I'd share the final pictures from my weekend spent in Gatlinburg for this week's Five on Friday!
One. The Island - The Island is a shopping and dining area in Pigeon Forge; it also has a gigantic ferris wheel and fountains that "dance" to music every hour and half hour. Paula Deen's restaurant is located at the Island and we had breakfast there on Sunday morning. Normally I would say I have never eaten somewhere so delicious as Paula Deen's - but I've only had lunch....
Don't get me wrong - the food was good. However, out of the three places we had breakfast over the weekend - this one would have to be at the bottom of the list. We perused a couple of the shops and watched the fountains before heading over to the Alpine Coaster and to do some shopping at the Tanger outlets!
Two. Pirates Voyage - As something of a last minute decision we decided to do the Pirates Voyage Dinner Show and because the shows are being seated at 50% capacity, we ended up getting tickets to a 3 PM show on Sunday afternoon. I'm not usually a huge fan of dinner shows - but I do love pirates and so I figured it would be pretty entertaining!
I got myself a cocktail with rum - all the cocktails had rum, of course - and the mug that looks like a skull was pretty cool too, ha-ha! The show itself was really good, filled with acrobatics, diving, sword fighting and more! There was even a sea lion that performs some tricks!
It was definitely a good way to spend a couple hours and I'm sure if you were a little kid, it was probably all the more intriguing and entertaining... because you know, when you're little - you think it's all real!
Three. Hillbilly Golf - The weather was little certain on Sunday afternoon but we decided to head back toward Gatlinburg with the intention of playing Hillbilly Golf and then riding the Sky Lift up to the Suspension Bridge... the best intentions... *sigh*
We did get in a game of Hillbilly Golf - which I would recommend as a really good option if you're looking to goofy golf while in the Smokies - the price is right, the course is well maintained and you also get to ride a funicular up the side of the mountain to get to the course! What's not to love? It started pouring around the fourth hole but thankfully it only lasted a few minutes and then we continued putting our way down the mountain.
Let me brag on myself and tell you - I did get a hole in one on hole sixteen! I was pretty pleased with that, ha-ha! Once we finished playing our golf game we decided to go change into sneakers before walking to the Sky Lifts... but alas - that didn't quite work out the way we planned.
Four. Here Comes the Boom - After a check of the weather at the room we discovered that within the next hour a huge storm was forecast to descend on Gatlinburg and so we decided to try and pop into some shops in the time that we had! Sure enough - after a few shops and trying some wine at a winery on the main drag... we saw the clouds rolling over the mountains and soon after - the rain started!
Five. And Then Some - Of course, the rain halted the rest of the evenings plans and so we ended up going back to the hotel where we got an evening snack and I talked with the parrot in the lobby - named Rita!
Monday morning we got up and had breakfast at one of our favorite spots - Pancake Pantry! It's become a bit of a tradition to have breakfast there on the morning we head home from the Smokies and it never disappoints! I got the Black Walnut Orange Pancakes and they were divine! The walnuts and orange balanced out the sweetness and they were just the very best - they may jump to the top of the list of favorites!
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So - that's that! It's the final weekend of June and I'm not sure what all I'll be getting up to this weekend but I think the weather looks promising (if not that cool). Y'all enjoy!
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