Smoky Mountains

We’re staying for several days along the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Smoky Mountain. The campsite is nice enough, but it took us 45 minutes to level the RV since the site was unlevel. Also, there is no electricity or water. Not a problem since we bought a solar panel except for two things. It’s been very cloudy and our inverter failed. The inverter changes the DC power in the batteries to AC for things like the TV. So we bought a new inverter on day 2. Things work now, but we’re still working in a temporary mode until we can figure out a better installation.

The area has all kinds of stops along the road. A toad at one of the museums.

Trout in the hatchery raceway. This was interesting to hear about how trout are raised here and then released after they are around 10” long. Plus we could watch them go crazy by feeding them.

Looking Glass Falls. People were swimming in the 50-60 F water below (not us!).

Sliding Rock is a big deal around here. I’ve seen it in several lists on the internet. The actual slide was shorter than I expected plus the line was fairly long even on a Friday. But the parking lot was full and people were having fun. I’d say the kids were having fun but there were all ages here.