Berry Springs Lodge, Pigeon Forge Tennessee.... again

We are getting to where we love making it south to the Gatlinburg area....  and being able to stay at Berry Springs Lodge is especially a great treat (I've mentioned it here and here before).  In fact, we sometimes talk about our next trip, not to Pigeon Forge, but to Berry Springs.  We love this place.

LOOK AT THAT BACK PORCH!  There is nothing like watching birds or reading while setting in a rocking chair there.

We always get to meet great travelers here and we talked to people from South Dakota and Illinois on this trip.  One couple was on their first trip since having their first child two years earlier.  Another couple had planned on a trip around Kentucky and Tennessee.  As they mapped things out, they decided to spend all of their time in Tennessee.

This got me thinking.  If I lived somewhere else....  say South Dakota, and I had a week or two to spend in the Kentucky/Tennessee area...  how would I want to spend that time?

I LOVE my home state of Kentucky, but what are the BIG things people from other states might have on their bucket list?  I'm thinking about major attractions anyone and everyone would want to see.  In Kentucky, there's a Lincoln site or two on the list.  There is Mammoth Cave.  Churchill Downs.

Now, think about Tennessee.  There's Nashville- Broadway, The Country Music Hall of Fame.  The Ryman.  I can name a TON of secondary attractions I would want to see in Nashville alone.

There's Memphis- the Lorraine, the Peabody Hotel, Graceland, Beale Street.


Chattanooga has Rock City, Ruby Falls, the Chattanooga Choo Choo.

Not to mention that Chattanooga, Gatlinburg, and Knoxville are great cities all around that all should be on everyone's list of places to visit.

And pick up any visitor guide for Tennessee.  Those guys are putting up various museums everywhere right now.

Unfortunately, I can understand tourists from South Dakota passing on Kentucky to spend all of their time in Tennessee.

But....  back to Berry Springs Lodge.  This is a great, relaxing area that we love.  Its great meeting new people there, relaxing on the porch, and enjoying their breakfasts.