{"id":7346,"date":"2022-09-24T14:42:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T14:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=7346"},"modified":"2022-09-24T14:45:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T14:45:22","slug":"the-smoky-mountains-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=7346","title":{"rendered":"The Smoky Mountains 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While in eastern TN we drove up into the Smoky Mountains.&nbsp; To get their from Sevierville you drive through Pigeon Forge which appears to be one long amusement center.&nbsp; Several museums like Ripleys, Titanic, and a Wax Museum. Several water and bumper car parks as well as tons of motels and restaurants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Past that it gets much prettier.&nbsp; We went up to about 5,000 ft and then down a bit to Cherokee, NC.&nbsp; From there we turned north to come back a different route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We didn\u2019t take too many pictures as a lot of the road is narrow and you have to find viewpoints to get off the road.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some pictures:<\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" scoped>.rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9Spinner{\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 50px auto;\r\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50px;\r\n\t\t\t\theight: 40px;\r\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9Spinner > div{\r\n\t\t\t  background-color: #333;\r\n\t\t\t  height: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t  width: 6px;\r\n\t\t\t  display: inline-block;\r\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation: rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9-stretchdelay 1.2s infinite ease-in-out;\r\n\t\t\t  animation: rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9-stretchdelay 1.2s infinite ease-in-out;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9Spinner .rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9Rect2 {\r\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation-delay: -1.1s;\r\n\t\t\t  animation-delay: -1.1s;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9Spinner .rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9Rect3 {\r\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation-delay: -1.0s;\r\n\t\t\t  animation-delay: -1.0s;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9Spinner .rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9Rect4 {\r\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation-delay: -0.9s;\r\n\t\t\t  animation-delay: -0.9s;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9Spinner .rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9Rect5 {\r\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation-delay: -0.8s;\r\n\t\t\t  animation-delay: -0.8s;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t@-webkit-keyframes rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9-stretchdelay {\r\n\t\t\t  0%, 40%, 100% { -webkit-transform: scaleY(0.4) }  \r\n\t\t\t  20% { -webkit-transform: scaleY(1.0) }\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t@keyframes rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9-stretchdelay {\r\n\t\t\t  0%, 40%, 100% { \r\n\t\t\t    transform: scaleY(0.4);\r\n\t\t\t    -webkit-transform: scaleY(0.4);\r\n\t\t\t  }  20% { \r\n\t\t\t    transform: scaleY(1.0);\r\n\t\t\t    -webkit-transform: scaleY(1.0);\r\n\t\t\t  }\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t<\/style><div class=\"robo-gallery-wrap robo-gallery-wrap-id7328 robo-gallery-grid\" ><div id=\"rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9-block-loader\" class=\"rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9Spinner\"><div class=\"rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9Rect1\"><\/div> <div class=\"rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9Rect2\"><\/div> <div class=\"rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9Rect3\"><\/div> <div class=\"rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9Rect4\"><\/div> <div class=\"rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9Rect5\"><\/div><\/div><div id=\"robo_gallery_main_block_rbs_gallery_69e5ae42addb9\" class=\"robogallery-gallery-7328\" style=\"width:100%; 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To get their from Sevierville you drive through Pigeon Forge which appears to be one long amusement center.&nbsp; Several museums like Ripleys, Titanic, and a Wax Museum. Several water and bumper car parks as well as tons of motels and restaurants. Past that it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=7346\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Smoky Mountains 2022<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-189-sevierville-tn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7347,"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7346\/revisions\/7347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}