October 4th through the 6th

The rest of the days in Pigeon Forge were spent sight seeing in the towns of Knoxville and Gatlinburg. One day we went to one of the National Parks to get our Park Book validated and see the historic sight. The Great Smoky Mountains were beginning to change colors the Smoky Mountains are high steep hills about 1500 feet with large exspansive valley's.(picture)
On the way, we stopped for lunch and within an hour and a half Kent got so sick (food poisoning) that for the first time since we started this long journey of ours, I was very scared how I was going to get him home and if he would be OK. He was so sick and couldn't stop throwing up and got so weak from throwing up so long. I set the GPS and after many stops Kent managed to get us home. We got some sprite and he started feeling better. We met a lovely couple ( Mary and Oakley) in this park who have a Mobile Suites just like ours. They both work jobs in the shows here and they get free tickets to Dollywood and the "Fabulous 50's" show. We had already went to Dollywood, but we did get tickets from them for the 50's show. It was a great show with 8 young college age kids singing and dancing to all of the 50's music. It lasted over 2 hours and we really enjoyed the music. Mary worked there that night, so we got to visit with her before and at intermission. If we had met sooner, we could have saved $90 on the Dollywood tickets. We sure enjoyed each other and we will keep in touch and maybe run into each other again. Tomorrow we are leaving for Nashville, home of the Grand Old Opera.