Hey y'all! Just got back tonight and I am beat! Had a blast though and didn't want to return. Seriously, I was just about ready to do some land squatting in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.

It was beautiful. Haven't been there in about 20 years and really enjoyed familiarizing myself with it all over again. If y'all have visited Gatlinburg, you'll know what I am talking about when I say there are certain traditions you have to adhere to such as getting your old-timey picture made or getting an air-brush t-shirt proclaiming you "have visited Gatlinburg!" Well, we did what was expected and had a fun time to boot. I looked all over for days for the perfect t-shirt souvenier for myself, but just couldn't find anything that appealed to me. That is, until today. We had actually left Gatlinburg and was heading out of Tennessee when we stopped at a Cracker Barrel. There it was - the perfect t-shirt for me:

"What Part of Y'all Don't You Understand?"

I guess you had to be there.

Anyway, I'll write more about our adventures later, but for now here are a few pictures from the trip. Enjoy!













* photos © Dana Sieben 2006