{Travel} Tennessee Trip -Day 2/Part 1: Knoxville, Sevierville & Pigeon Forge

This was the view from our room in Knoxville.

We could also see The Sunsphere!

We were up bright and early and wanted to see a little more Knoxville before we drove to Pigeon Forge.

We took a morning walk around town to occupy ourselves until the stores opened at 10am.

There were Dolly Parton tributes everywhere.

Checking out this sculpture.

The streets were very quiet and empty.

I wanted to see a few stores and this one was amazing.  Mast General Store had an incredible inventory.  I could have spent hours in there.

They had everything from Birkenstocks to shelf stable ham and everything in between. They stocked my favorite Swan Creek candles too.  We went in a really cool vintage store, Golden Threads and spent some time in Bliss.  One thing we noticed was the abundance of Tennessee Volunteers merchandise, clothing and spirit gear. "Go Vols!"

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We finished up our shopping and checked out of the hotel. I picked us up some coffee from the hotel's coffee shop K Brew and Mr. Click got the car from the valet.  We were off and heading to Sevierville to see the Dolly Parton statue in her hometown.

We were distracted by the sign for Buc-ee's along the way and had to stop. Neither of us had ever been to Buc-ee's.  It was an experience!!  I didn't take any photos inside, it was too overwhelming.  We bought some Buc-ee's snacks to try later. I mean Cinnamon Beaver Nuggets just sounded too interesting!

We made it to Sevierville and what a pretty town it is.

It is the official hometown of Dolly Parton and there's a statue of her in front of the Sevier County Court House

Of course there were more Dolly tributes.

We had this book, based on Dolly's song and it's always been special to me.

We made it to the Embassy Suites Pigeon Forge just as we got the text that our room was ready. Sweet! Look at that view of the Smoky Mountains.

to be continued....

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