365 days ago...
April 18th marked Erin and my 1 year anniversary since we started dating. We celebrated by going to Gatlinburg on Sunday night (April 16th) and staying until Tuesday (April 18th). We got a room with a jacuzzi, king size bed, and a fireplace (which wasnt alot of help in April). We did all kinds of fun stuff, but instead of writing about it I'll just post all the pictures I took with Erin's camera phone while we there...
The bed in our room...
...yes, thats a mirror on the ceiling.
The jacuzzi.
Fireplace...
The Sydney James Mountain Lodge, where we stayed. Yes, it is named after me.
The aquarium was far and away the coolest thing there. For some reason there were baby hammerhead sharks in the stingray pool. WHERE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO REACH IN THE WATER AND TOUCH THE STINGRAYS.
Pic of said pool.
This thing was bigger than it looks in this photo.
Fish.
Lots of fish.
Not so many fish.
Coolest part of the aquarium...
Surely they eat some of the smaller fish? They're sharks...
I was supposed to look distressed here but forgot.
Coolest fish there. The "Sea Dragon". I want one.
The Alamo Steakhouse, where we ate the second night. It was AWESOME. Also, coolest slogan ever: "So next time you dine out, Remember the Alamo." I will. I will...
Picture is kind of fuzzy, but the menu reads, "So good, we simply call it...THE STEAK." This, plus the kickass slogan, plus the fact that they serve Barq's Rootbeer made this place the coolest steakhouse ever, in my opinion. I actually had the 9slightly) cheaper New York strip steak.
For breakfast the last day, we went here. Best. Pancakes. Ever.
After checking out and eating breakfast on Tuesday we drove through the "Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail," which is basiclly just a 6-mile one-way drive through the mountains, and some really nice scenery. Took alot of pictures here; this one at an overlook.
Some pictures turned out blurry for some reason...this one is a working water-flume thing that still works. It was used back in the early 1900's to transport water into a nearby house for actual running water inside.
Better picture...
There were 3-4 house on the trail built by the first people to move into the area. These people were very, VERY short.
A guide said this was called "Thousand Drips Falls." They were not lying about the "drips" part.
After the motor trail thing we hung out in Pigeon Forge a little before driving back home. This is "Lost Treasure Golf" where we played mini-golf.
We did alot of other things I didnt take pictures of. We went to the Guiness World of Records Museum, Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum, Ripley's Haunted Adventure (which rocks!), to one of those Build-a-Bear places where Erin made a bear that I bought her (and where she later let me make one...a Panda in a karate gi), and we also had an old-time photo made. The best part though was not having anything to worry about for almost 3 days and getting to spend lots of time with Erin. Awesome trip.
The bed in our room...
...yes, thats a mirror on the ceiling.
The jacuzzi.
Fireplace...
The Sydney James Mountain Lodge, where we stayed. Yes, it is named after me.
The aquarium was far and away the coolest thing there. For some reason there were baby hammerhead sharks in the stingray pool. WHERE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO REACH IN THE WATER AND TOUCH THE STINGRAYS.
Pic of said pool.
This thing was bigger than it looks in this photo.
Fish.
Lots of fish.
Not so many fish.
Coolest part of the aquarium...
Surely they eat some of the smaller fish? They're sharks...
I was supposed to look distressed here but forgot.
Coolest fish there. The "Sea Dragon". I want one.
The Alamo Steakhouse, where we ate the second night. It was AWESOME. Also, coolest slogan ever: "So next time you dine out, Remember the Alamo." I will. I will...
Picture is kind of fuzzy, but the menu reads, "So good, we simply call it...THE STEAK." This, plus the kickass slogan, plus the fact that they serve Barq's Rootbeer made this place the coolest steakhouse ever, in my opinion. I actually had the 9slightly) cheaper New York strip steak.
For breakfast the last day, we went here. Best. Pancakes. Ever.
After checking out and eating breakfast on Tuesday we drove through the "Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail," which is basiclly just a 6-mile one-way drive through the mountains, and some really nice scenery. Took alot of pictures here; this one at an overlook.
Some pictures turned out blurry for some reason...this one is a working water-flume thing that still works. It was used back in the early 1900's to transport water into a nearby house for actual running water inside.
Better picture...
There were 3-4 house on the trail built by the first people to move into the area. These people were very, VERY short.
A guide said this was called "Thousand Drips Falls." They were not lying about the "drips" part.
After the motor trail thing we hung out in Pigeon Forge a little before driving back home. This is "Lost Treasure Golf" where we played mini-golf.
We did alot of other things I didnt take pictures of. We went to the Guiness World of Records Museum, Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum, Ripley's Haunted Adventure (which rocks!), to one of those Build-a-Bear places where Erin made a bear that I bought her (and where she later let me make one...a Panda in a karate gi), and we also had an old-time photo made. The best part though was not having anything to worry about for almost 3 days and getting to spend lots of time with Erin. Awesome trip.
posted by James at 6:58 PM
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I would love to stay at the James Mountain Lodge.....
-Jeremy
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