To celebrate our birthdays, we decided to take a trip to the Mountains for a few days.
I had booked a room at La Quinta Inn by Wyndham (check-in time is after 3 PM Eastern time) in Sevierville.
We decided to eat a late lunch and early dinner at Texas Road House on Collier Drive in Sevierville.
I ordered the lunch special 6-ounce lunch sirloin steak medium-well, with Ceaser salad and a baked potato.
Hubby ordered 8 ounces of New York Strip medium with a baked potato and a salad.
We filled up with gas at Murphy Express before checking into our hotel.
Later that afternoon, we rode to Krogers for a couple of diet cokes and a package of chocolate eclairs.
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| Harvest Festival Pigeon Forge |
We bought a small bag of freshly ground yellow cornmeal at the Old Mill General Store. We also stopped at Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede. It was beautifully decorated with pumpkins & gourds of every size, shape, and color.
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| A great place to snap a photo |
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| Welcome to Pigeon Forge. Stopping for a rest break. |
I ate a waffle with syrup, sausage, and a glass of cranberry juice at the breakfast bar at the hotel.
After breakfast, we rode to the Tanger Outlets we stopped at the Disney Store, where I bought a long-sleeved Mickey Tee-shirt, a Halloween 2019 Minnie Doll, and a Halloween bag.
We also stopped at Victoria's Secret, where I bought two bras and a pair of panties.
Our next stop was at the Island, Hubby wanted a souvenir shirt from Margaretville.
Hubby let me out at Margaretville, and then he parked the car.
It was a beautiful day, people were enjoying the Smoky Mountain Ferries Wheel, The Spinning Parrot Coaster, Time-shot, the Island Express Train, the Flying Horse Carousel, the Thunder Dome, the Reverse Time Ride, Happy Swings, & Funny Cars. There were lots to see and do on the Island.
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| Pumpkins and Autumn Flowers Everywhere. Lot lots of places for selfies on the Island. |
Our fun did not stop with the Island. We rode the trolly to our car, and then we rode to Dollywood, where we stayed until closing.
It was fall break, and the parking lot was full of cars. We had to park in lot D and wait in a long line to ride the trolly to the gate, where we purchased a two-day pass ticket.
At 12:45, we watched the tail end of the Smoky Mountain String Band at the Gazebo.
At 1 PM, we watched Candy & Jeremy perform at the Valley Theater.
It was after lunch, so we stopped at the Front Porch Cafe, where we ordered the Cheddar Bacon hamburger with yellow corn, coleslaw, and fried green tomatoes.
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| Dollywood Welcome Pumpkins |
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| Scarry Pumpkins We saw pumpkins eating, reading, playing music (on rubboards and wash pans), painting, butterfly catching, waking their dog, quilting, pumpkins made into a guitar, a large spide pumpkin with web, and so much more. |
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| We saw this steel Eagle statue standing tall as it watched the Wild Eagle Coaster soar through the air. |
Near the Eagle Ride, we saw the Eagle Sculpture built by A Canadian sculptor, Kevin Stone, owner of Metal Animation Studio in Chilliwack, British Columbia, at $250,000 US dollars.
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| Great Pumpkin Luminights Roaming Character was Patches the Scarrow Harvey the Pumpkin, PUMPKIN Master, Pumpkin Polly, Jack-O-Juggler, and Pumpkin Penny. |
Throughout the park, we saw the roaming Characters of Applejack, Frances, Clive Abernathy, & Miss Lillian.
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| In Wildwood Grove, we saw Flutter, Flit, Ned, and Benjamin the Bear. |
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| We also saw The Wildwood Tree with a collection of butterflies dancing colorfully in the breeze. |
When the sun went down, the music brought the pumpkins to life with dancing, & singing.
There were small pumpkins, large pumpkins, scary pumpkins, funny pumpkins, and pumpkins everywhere.
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| Dancing Pumpkins |
We stayed at the park from 12 p.m. to close, we were worn out from all the walking. We walked to the trolley stop, waited in line to ride the trolley, and then we rode to the hotel.
We had purchased a two-day pass, so we needed some rest for another day at Dollywood.
For breakfast at the hotel, I ate sausage, & a cranberry bagel with cream cheese and cranberry juice.
We stopped at The Christmas Place it was packed, and there were long lines at the checkout.
We did visit the bakery shop, where we purchased a chocolate pretzel, a box of saltwater taffy, and some fudge.
We stopped at the Lodge outlet, where we bought a seven-stick corn stick pan.
We ate lunch at Long John Silvers, and we both ordered Shrimp meals.
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| Harvest at The Christmas Store |
Day two at Dollywood, but at a slower pace.
At 3:30 PM, we watched the Hysongs at Show Street Palace Theater.
At 5:30 PM, we watched the Erwins at DP's Celebrity Theater
At 6:30 PM, we watched Live @ the Back Porch at the Back Porch Theater (there was a young man from Muscle Shoals performing there)
At 7 PM, we watched the Cords Men at the Valley Theater.
When the last show ended, we walked through the Luminiights.
We had a great three days, and I had never seen so many pumpkins in one place. I loved the Harvest Festival throughout Sevierville, & Pigeon Forge.
Now for the long ride home.
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| I saw this beautiful pink Rose of Sharon when we stopped at the Nick Jack Rest Area in Chattanooga on our way home. |
