Gatlinburg

I drove back down the narrow road to Gatlinburg today. The sun was out and it was a really warm day. The town is in a narrow valley on the edge of the National Park. It's a bit like Bowness but on speed. Everything is geared towards the tourist dollar, however my first stop was to find a chemist to get some tablets for my back which was really stiff today. I hobbled down the main street which seemed to be over-run with Ripley's Believe-it-or-not exhibitions. I got some tablets for back pain and called into the ubiquitous McDonald's to get a drink to wash them down. Then on down the street to see nothing but craft and tack shops selling anything and everything you can think of with the word Gatlinburg on it. Walking back up the main street there is a chair lift to take you up the mountain but the queue was huge and it only takes you up to more shops so I gave it a miss. Dark clouds were rolling in and the wind got up and so I headed back up to the camp site and read and listened to my radio, once again I just escaped the bad weather which flooded out Nashville and many other parts of the State of Tennessee but missed here completely.