Moviing on to Roanoke

The early morning view from our balcony was spectacular, as the sun streamed across heavily forested mountains for as far as the eye could capture ..... with some of that smoky mist!

I managed to bag a luggage cart before the post-breakfast dash and once loaded-up, we headed down the perilously steep hotel drive one last time and headed north. We passed through Gatlinburg Downtown and on to Pigeon Forge, before hitting the Interstate. Now, driving through the latter place was 'interesting'. A town of only six-thousand residents, its spread along miles of highway and in short, its similar to Blackpool's Golden Mile, on steroids. Magic Castles, a tower surmounted by King Kong, dozens of race-tracks, and other assorted amusements designed to part visitors with some of their 'hard earned'! Having left the bling in our wake, we stopped off at a small town and called-in the local Ingles super-store for refreshments ..... I picked up my latest discount card! Back to the Interstate and a drive of some 150 miles to our Best Western, which is both of a high standard and has a laundry! All in all, a quiet day, but one deserving of some Blue Grass, as we leave Tennessee behind us ..... Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys!