CC#24 Southeast - Great Smokies TN to Ark Experience KY

Twin Creeks Rv park, GSMNP, Dutch oven chicken stew, GMC trucks everywhere since Virginia, Cades Cove, saw 4-5 bears, old church, rare woodpecker (pileated?), Mama's kitchen - fried chicken! Clingman's Dome, 67 mile hike Appalacian trail, (most beautiful view in Smokies, 1000 ft gain in elevation, TN/NC state line, Daddy's pizza, hung out with Bill and Margarita, bear in campground, Gatlinburg trolley, Sun Record Diner, walked the steets in Gatlinburg, short hike through woods to park entrance sign along a creek, Minnie Mae's ice cream and cafe.Drove through Pigeon Forge - busy and kind of tacky, Dollywood, Judy and Charlie, AppleBarn on Mothers Day - gave Diane a yellow carnation. Sevierville Haircut, downtown, Dolly statue. Ark Encounter, RV tech came for bathroom,