Feelin' Blue!

Gatlinburg, Tennessee is a mecca for candy lovers, fried food lovers, and popcorn lovers. We were within walking distance of all the shops, and enjoyed our share of these treats. Tony's favorite was the cheddar popcorn. Mine was the caramel & chocolate covered apples. Grayson's favorite was . . .

The snowcones that turned everything BLUE!


There were other fun things to do, like hold these exotic birds.

And visit a dinosaur museum.

Oh - and I really have to mention this restaurant where we ate dinner one night - The Old Mill Restaurant in Pigeon Forge. I really didn't want to go there, but Tony insisted. I expected gluey potatoes, overcooked beans, and other unhealthy, mass-produced food. I was wrong, and I had to admit it to Tony the whole rest of the trip. The food was amazing. Southern, yes. Fattening, oh yes. Incredibly good and worth and guilt, absolutely. Their corn fritters are now up there with mint chocolate chip ice cream as perhaps my favorite food.