PPL Motor Homes

Last week we toured the Biltmore Mansion in Asheville, NC. This is a 250 room ‘home’ completed in 1895. While we measure our homes in sq ft, this home has the equivalent of 4 acres under roof. It was a fabulous tour and we were surprised at how much of the house we were allowed to visit.

We stayed in a forest campground where the campers were outnumbered by the camp ‘hosts’. Very private. From there we moved to Cherokee, NC. and camped near a clear mountain trout stream.

From there we jeeped over the Smoky Mountains to Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, TN. Lots of windy mountain driving, but mostly along a neat river, and then many mountain vistas.

We’re told that the smoke viewed here is from cold air rising from caves in the mountain sides.

Driving to Chattanooga, Tn, was pretty hairy at times with narrow winding roads. Meeting big trucks coming around a bend with overhanging rocks on the right gave Mary Lou some really white knuckles (I was gripping the wheel pretty hard myself).

Chattanooga was another pivotal battle of the Civil War, the focus being Lookout Mountain which includes Rock City, a fantastic attraction. We also checked out Signal Mountain, which the Union army used to send messages over long distances to other signal points on distant mountains. Driving around the neighborhood on the mountain, we met a man (and toured his home) who had walked across the US from San Diego to Florida. Very interesting. In town we visited the famous Chattanooga Choo-Choo (old-timers will know about this).

Here is a view of Chattanooga from Lookout Mountain.