
images courtesy Fine Arts Festival
In this perfect Fall weather take the whole family this weekend and explore the arts village that appears every year on the campus of Gatlinburg’s downtown jewel, the Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts. (more…)
A winter storm is expected to move into the Smoky Mountains Friday evening, which may bring snow, ice, and more challenging travel conditions throughout the weekend.
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images courtesy Fine Arts Festival
In this perfect Fall weather take the whole family this weekend and explore the arts village that appears every year on the campus of Gatlinburg’s downtown jewel, the Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts. (more…)

image courtesy of Trout Tournament
The 14th Annual Smoky Mountain Trout Tournament happens this weekend Sat-Sun, September 28-29, offering a fun challenge to several hundred entrants fishing local streams around Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge that have been stocked with thousands of trout specially for the occasion. (more…)

image courtesy of Moonshine Festival
With all these fast cars running around during September – in the Hot Rod Roundup & Fall Rod Run – surely we can put some of them to good use? (more…)

Riverside Lodge – a fabulous cabin on the Little Pigeon River
How about a 5-bedroom luxury rental cabin in the Smoky Mountains on the banks of a river, with room and amenities to sleep up to 21 people in comfort, and with a private view of the river? (more…)
All the moisture in the air from evaporation and precipitation makes the Smoky Mountains a temperate rain forest, and gives us the mist that mixes the light of the sun in wonderful ways. (more…)
Have you been to the Island at Pigeon Forge yet? If you’re heading there at night you sure can’t miss this landmark – it’s the Great Smoky Mountain Wheel, a 200-ft tall observation wheel. (more…)
Ah, that Smoky Mountain sky! Photo shows the view today with the storm lifted, from the top of the Gatlinburg Falls Hidden Valley Resort, by our Heaven’s View rental cabin. Friday 13th, September 2013. (more…)