Tennessee

Tennessee

A vacation filled with mountains, cabins, waterfalls, shopping, museums and even water parks,Tennessee is the place for you! In Pigeon Forge Tennessee you can shop and eat in classic diners, find the Titanic sailing once again with a full museum inside, explore the upside down mansion and see a life sized King Kong climbing a sky scraper!

Up the mountains in the middle of the woods a small cabin built long ago.... this is what you will find in Cades Cove. A place lost in time, as you drive through the woods each second taking you back in history. Walk through ancient woods where towering trees create a green roof. We learned about these Appalachian people who sang with no music and lived a very difficult life. As we drove from cabin to cabin we saw two bears running across a field. It was very exciting.

I went to the Titanic museum and it was amazing! You are given a boarding pass of a real person that rode the titanic. Then you go through the museum and find out if you survived the Titanic. At the end of the museum you can play a game were you have to find the sunken Titanic. I also played a game where you had to learn morse code and read what the Titanic was sending and send a return code to tell them what to do. I really enjoyed going in a room where there was a huge iceberg that was as cold as the real iceberg.You could put your hand in water that was 20 degrees! I really liked the Titanic museum.

Another great learning experience was at the Aquarium Of The Smokies where unearthly sea creatures live. This place is filled with hidden wonders! From jellyfish to huge sharks this aquarium is an amazing place for all ages. There is a walkway under an aquarium filled with sharks and stingrays.  Around a corner and you find a huge eel! She has had many baby’s and she is twelve feet long. For the little ones they can ride big fake frogs and play on a jungle gym made to make you feel like an ant (by the way it really makes you feel small!). I had a lot of fun playing with my sister there. If you like getting close with wildlife then this aquarium is the perfect thing for you! There is a whole room filled with birds that love to land on your finger. I had a big parrot land on me. My sister got to feed a beautiful bird! This Aquarium is an amazing place to go!

NOC’s Great Outdoors is a store filled with outdoor gear.  Amazing fur coats and boots, hats, gloves and hiking shoes! Also in the upstairs part of the store there is a rope bridge that swings almost 15 feet up in the air! Cool sayings carved into wood, stuffed toys for the little ones and bear pepper spray for the long hikes to stay safe are all found in this store. I almost fell asleep in a hammock! If you are tired of shopping you can sit and play checkers by a nice warm fireplace.

Tennessee is a place for anyone and everyone! It has just about anything you would want or need. A great place to shop, hike, eat or play. So, if you’re looking for a vacation spot then go to Tennessee. Walk down streets where live bands play country music with fiddles and banjos. It is a great place to go where all ages will find something fun to explore! Go to Tennessee were time stops and music plays!