Bosh and Annie: That Trip to Gatlinburg

Earlier this month, The Husband and I visited the Smoky Mountains. We stayed in a beautiful cabin and spent a lot of time relaxing. I'm fairly sure we watched an entire season of The Big Bang Theory not to mention three movies from Redbox (possibly the greatest invention ever).

We drove up on a Wednesday morning. The drive was beautiful. The mountains are beautiful anytime of year but most especially in the fall.

Thursday morning we visited the Roaring Fork Motor Trail. I can't believe as many times as I have visited this area and I have never been on this drive before. It was a cool and completely beautiful drive. I think the total mileage is eight miles and it's conveniently located right in downtown Gatlinburg.

For lunch Thursday, we visited Fannie Farkles in downtown Gatlinburg. They cook their food basically on the street so that you can smell it for blocks. This year I had the amazing hand-dipped corndog and The Husband had a smoked sausage sandwich with grilled onions and green bell peppers.

We browsed the shops as always. We grabbed some treats at the Ole Smoky Candy Kitchen. They make all of their own candies including tons and tons of taffy.

For dinner, we headed into Pigeon Forge and had dinner at one of my favorite local places, The Old Mill. I didn't take an food photos! But that's because they bring your food so fast and it is delicious! I had the chicken tender plate and The Husband (TH) had chicken and dumplings. Before your entrees, they bring salad, corn chowder, and the most amazing corn fritters with honey butter. Along with the entrees, they serve mashed potatoes, green beans, and biscuits family-style. And following dinner, they bring you select bakery items. This trip I had the banana pudding and TH had pecan pie. Dinner was amazing. We left full and happy.

Friday morning I made pancakes in the cabin. Delicious if I say so myself. It was a rainy, dreary day in the mountains so we chose this day to honor our vacation tradition of hitting a movie theater. We watched The Equalizer with Denzel Washington. We love some Denzel around our house so we enjoyed it. It was a standard good guy vs bad guy shoot 'em up movie. But it's Denzel and you can't beat Denzel.

After the movie, we had a late lunch at Bennett's BBQ in Pigeon Forge. I wasn't in the mood for bbq so I had the salad bar. TH ordered the bbq pork nachos. They were HUGE and pretty good. Bennett's is a little bit pricey so we spent more than $30 for lunch so I'm not sure it was worth that.

Friday evening we went back to the cabin and watched movies and made chili for dinner. It was a nice relaxing evening. Further proof that cabin rental is the way to go!

Saturday morning was TH's turn to make breakfast and he didn't do so bad. He actually looks breakfast at home often since it's his very favorite meal.

After exploring more of Gatlinburg, we decided that we were sort of ready to return home. Instead of waiting until Sunday morning, we headed back to the cabin and packed up for our drive. It was another beautiful drive, south this time. We made it home about 8pm and enjoyed a really long, lay day before returning to work on Monday.

We really enjoyed our time away and one thing is certain - cabin is the way to go. Right before we left, TH snapped some phone photos of the cabin but it really doesn't do the place justice. The owners, which I loved that it was locally owned instead of handled by a management company, went to great lengths to make this cabin perfect. Besides the decor and the basics like the fully stocked kitchen and a cabinet full of DVDs, books, and games, the small details everywhere really showed us how much the owners enjoy what they do. We would definitely rent this cabin again. Click here to see all of the official details about "Time After Time."