Smoky Mountain Reign

National parks have been called America’s best idea.  My family loves them, having been to several of the great Western parks in the past couple of years.  So when Carrie suggested Great Smoky Mountains NP for fall break I was intrigued. When she told me we would be glamping I knew I might have a blog post.  When she told me we were spending the last day at Dollywood I almost called the whole thing off.
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I have never understood why anybody would want to go to a supposed regional theme park named after . . . Dolly Parton?  Really? To cut right to the chase, I was a hater. This did not sound like a great plan for fall break 2019 - our first ever fall break trip as a family with kids - and I wasn’t having it, not on my watch.
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