After leaving Dollywood, we stayed one more night in the area. The next day we had to drive at least halfway home, and decided to go through the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, which is close by. We drove down from our hotel at I-40 on Winfield Dunn Parkway (Rts 66 & 441). This takes you straight through the biggest tourist area near Dollywood. It was interesting to see all the places we could explore if we had more time. …
Every trip we made to Texas and the one trip we made to Chattanooga, I would wish we had time to see Dollywood. When you drive through Tennessee on I 40 there are billboards near the exit. I had looked it up a couple of times online and it seemed like it was just a park with thrill rides. There was always a mention of entertainment and crafts, but it didn’t seem like a big part of the park. We…
After our second night at cousin Nancy’s house, we left with plans to stop at Dollywood and a drive through the Great Smoky Mountains on our way home. It was a two day drive to get to Dollywood, in Pigeon Forge, TN near the Great Smoky Mountains. Both days were very stormy and hard to drive at times. The first day, one stop we made was at the Chambers County Safety Rest Area in Anahauc, TX. This was the last rest…
After the Hamfest was over, we drove south to Round Rock, about 3 1/2 hrs away to visit John’s cousin Nancy, her husband DJ, and her sister, Shirley. We spent 2 nights and one day there and wish we could have been there longer. It’s always fun to visit them. Everyone was going to be busy during the day we were there, so it was suggested that we go on a daytrip to Gruene (pronounced “Green”). Gruene is a former cotton…
As I said in the last post, we went on this trip to sell at Hamcom in Plano, TX. In the past, it has run two full days, Friday and Saturday. This year, it was a half day Friday, all day Saturday, and a half day Sunday. We had co-workers, Dan and Michael fly in and help us for the weekend. It seemed less busy than in the past, probably because it was stretched across three days instead of two. …
We went to Texas this year to be a vendor at Hamcom, the 3rd largest Ham Radio Convention in the US. We have been there before, but could not attend last year because we were hosting our daughter’s 10th Anniversary Party. Hamcom is usually the second weekend in June in the Dallas, TX area. The last time we were there it was in Irving, TX, just to the west of Dallas, but this year it moved to Plano, to the…