We were
lucky that the town we were directed to after our throwing a wheel not only had
a trailer building business, but it was open on a Saturday. While they didn’t have an exactly matching to
our other trailer wheel rim they had one that was so close you had to look
twice to realize it was a different rim.
Even better they had a trailer tire the right size AND a brass valve
stem. It took them no time at all to
take off the temporary fix lug bolts and put new properly fitting ones on all
the way around.
We were soon
on our way and arrived at the Douglas Dam Campground near Sevierville, TN in
the late afternoon of that same day. However, it was late enough that since we
did not have a reservation we were put in a campsite that was just slightly too
small unless we left the truck hooked up.
Which we did
because they said they would have several available the proper size the next
day.
This is a
pleasant campground ran by some very nice folks who work very hard to keep it
clean, even keeping the leaves blown off the pads every day in the fall.
Since the
camp hosts had decorated the campground for the impending autumn holidays we
decided that Malecifient Dragon should make her campground debut, along with Snoopy
and the gang, and Jack Skellington, once we were in our campsite #31 for the
duration of our stay.
The
neighbors all enjoyed the huge dragon stopping by to see where we had purchased
it and just to chat in general.
The “camp
cat” was just more or less bored by it.
He did come over periodically to check out the inflatables, but never
offered to be “naughty” around them.
That first
full evening and a few others we walked around the campground to take a few
photos of this laid back campground.
Of course being that close to Dollywood, we
had to spend some time there as well as visit the Bush Bean Visitor Center.
We did spend time just driving around
Gatlinburg and through the Great Smokey Mountains National Forest too.
There are
numerous shows, restaurants, and shops we could have been tempted by, but our
time there was limited and there were certain things we really wanted to do.
One, for me,
was visit the Scrapbook Superstore in Gatlinburg, not once
but twice.
That place is HUGE. It is a good thing I had just reassessed my
crafting budget before going in there or I could have done some various serious
damage to that sinking fund for certain.
They had just about everything you can imagine for paper crafting. Next door to it is also their clearance
center, although by the time I went in there I was tired enough I just sort of
just did a quick look thru and then decide to come back another time when I had
more time. After all Gary was aging
greatly out in the truck in the heat as I drooled all over the die cuts,
stickers, stamps and papers of this huge shop.
We would
definitely recommend this campground to
others. If we were to have a complaint
at all it is a minor one. Their public
restrooms are so well lit the outside light on them can temporarily blind you at
certain angles if you are coming in after dark.
That is such a tiny thing we feel this campground deserves a very good
rating.
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