Thursday, February 26, 2009

City of the Month #6: Gatlinburg


Since I am talking about girlfriends this week I thought I would share one of my favorite vacationing spots that I experienced with my mom and sister-in-law. We all lived in different states at the time, Texas, Kentucky, and Georgia, so we met up in Gatlinburg, Tennessee for our own little holiday, just us girls.

It would be difficult to go to Gatlinburg and not have a good time because there is so much to do there. We stayed in a hotel that was surrounded by trees with a creek that ran down through the valley just outside of our back balcony. The downtown area, which included a Ben & Jerry's scoop shop, was within walking distance. When we didn't feel like walking we used a trolley to go from one site to the next. We spent the days shopping and site seeing. We also went horse back riding through the scenic mountains. In the evenings there were plenty of restaurants to choose from and one night we went to a murder mystery dinner theater. After all the days activities we would crash back at the hotel and watch "What Not To Wear" and have girl talk before finally falling asleep.

Family vacations and romantic excursions are a great way to travel, but sometimes you just need a girls only getaway.

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