Gatlinburg, TN, 2/11/2006

Up in Gatlinburg with Sarah this weekend, and it looks like the snow is finally starting. We'll see if I get snowed in or not!

Damn fine weekend so far. Thursday night we caught the Red Wings / Predators game up in Nashville. Despite the terrible traffic (and worse parking!), it was a great time. If the Wings had lost, I might be a little less sanguine about it.

No big plans for this trip; I think we'll end up visiting the aquarium, and a couple of the other attractions, but I'm not inclined to rush around and see every single tourist trap that's available.

And tourist traps abound. Not as unpleasantly garish as Pigeon Forge, but here nevertheless. The place has changed a lot in the eleven years since I've been here.

Me: "Yeah, Sarah and I are up in Gatlinburg."
Ben: [pause] "You? In Gatlinburg? Wow."
Me: "What."
Ben: "I just remember you cursing that place. A lot."

But, the mountains are still pretty. :)