Tag: alcatraz east crime museum

Photo above is the Alcatraz East Crime museum in Pigeon Forge. It was a very interesting place with lots of exhibits and very well done. I know some people call these Tourist Traps and maybe they are but we always enjoy places like this, although some can be a bit pricey. Years ago, I toured Alcatraz Penitentiary in San Francisco, and when Clint and I went to San Francisco in 2019 we tried to go again but you had to buy tickets months in advance so no luck for us!

One place we stopped at was Buc-ees because people we met last year on one of our trips said we had to go to Buc-cees! I don’t know why, it was just a huge convenience store and so after our walk through, we left, having bought nothing. Buc-cees photo below

We went to a couple of breweries during our stay in Pigeon Forge and area. Two we liked were Iron Forge Brewery where I had a delicious hummus and vegetable plate and we also went to Gatlinburg Brewery where we shared a tasty pizza and of course beer at both spots.

We also stopped for breakfast one morning at Mel’s Diner, really cool retro place and then on to Sevierville to see the Dolly Parton statue.

We did drive to other towns/cities close by to see what they had as well as spending more time driving through the Smoky Mountains National Park.

We went to a restaurant or two and tried the Jurassic Park boat ride (we are children at heart) and a few other things but then it was time to go after being there 5 days.

So off to Sutton, West Virginia for one night and then Niagara Falls, Canada for one night and then home. Our 5 week adventure through Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee done!

It was a great trip and there are still a few other States we haven’t been to that hopefully we will get to one day.

Thanks for reading. Next stop…………..Portugal and Spain where we spent a few weeks in September/October 2023.