From Amicalola Falls, GA to Pigeon Forge, TN (6/6/15)

Time to move on today, so we de-camped, leaving this beautiful campsite and falls behind, and headed back into East Ellijay to Walmart and McDonalds, and headed out.  We left the campground, dumped our tanks, and were on the road by 8:35, heading down our 25% grade, dingy all hooked up.

By the time we finished in E. Ellijay, it was 10:00, and we picked up Highway76, crossing the Tennessee state line at 10:45.  We pulled off onto an empty parking lot for Joe's potty break in Tellico Plains, TN, and there was a parking lot yard sale going on next to it, so we shopped for a few minutes, then Joe walked across the street to a NAPA store and picked up some oil.  It must have been some kind of national yard sale day in this part of the country, because everyone was having one, and almost every vacant lot had someone set up, sometime several different someones.  We had lunch, then moved on down the road, crossing the pretty Tellico River.

 We saw signs to Forbidden Caverns on Highway 411, on past our turnoff to Pigeon Forge, but we haven't got any more information on it yet.  Don't know if we will be able to work that in, but it sounded interesting.

We got to our campground, Shady Oaks, about 3:00.  We didn't take the most direct route because we kept changing our mind on where we would stay.  But the one with the 50% discount won out.  We chilled out in the RV for a few hours, then I called about show tickets and we took in "The Ultimate Legends Show Elvis & Friends" at Memories Theatre after dinner.  The show had 4 singer impersonators:  Jason Aldean (never heard of him), Tina Turner (not one of our favorites), Jerry Lee Lewis (did an excellent job and was a very talented piano player, with many of his body parts), and of course Elvis.  The Elvis was one of the better impersonators we have seen, and we thoroughly enjoyed that part of the show.  It was actually half of the show, and he probably sang 20 or so songs.  And he dedicated "My Way" to Elvis' memory, which I appreciated.  Had not seen that done before.  And Joe thought I should get my picture taken.  He gave out scarves but I decided I didn't need one of those, since he wasn't the real deal.

It was a late night for us, but a good evening, and we look forward to tomorrow here in the Smokies.We only traveled 165 miles today, but they were slow miles.  It was in the 70s when we got up, and stayed in the 80s in Tennessee for most of the day.  We found gas at a Walmart in Maryville, TN for $2.279, so that was exciting. 


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