We spent several nights in Gatlinburg, & there's loads to do there, plus some great biking roads in the Great Smoky Mountains. There's a road called the Tail of the Dragon, which boasts 318 curves in 11 miles, & it's just fantastic for bikers. They come from miles around to ride it. At the bottom, there's a place to have food & buy souvenirs, & there's also the Tree of Shame, where they hang bits of bikes that fell foul on the Tail (funnily enough, it's mostly plastic bits hanging there!)

It's also where Dolly Parton grew up, so of course we've been to Dollywood, & Dolly's Dixie Stampede dinner show. John loves Dolly - can you tell?! Everybody here talks with that slow, southern drawl, (Y'all come back now, y'hear?) & people are lovely, very friendly & oh, so courteous. The food is mostly sweet, or fried, or both, & they serve Hush Puppies with everything - a sort of deep fried dumpling. Weird. And very fattening. But curiously moreish.