Today is Monday, it is the day we move campgrounds. We
depart Eagles Nest and move to River Plantation. It is a long haul, all of 5
miles. But with the Pigeon Forge traffic, it took us over 15 minutes. Pattye
and I took their car, and Charlie and Bully drove the motorhomes. Pattye and I
went ahead and Bully and Charlie followed. Traffic is so crazy on the parkway in
Pigeon Forge, Bully passed us once. We were able to get ahead of them again.
Charlie was bringing up the rear and naturally, he caught every light on the
parkway.
After we arrived at River Plantation and got the motorhomes mostly
set up, Pattye and I headed to Walmart to get some groceries and stuff. By the
time we got back, Bob and Barbara had gotten there and were getting set up.
Jack and Jackie got there just ahead of us and were not set up yet. It is great
to see everyone again. There is nothing better than camping with friends! We spent some time enjoying each other’s company and
relaxing. Even though, we did not have a long drive, the other two couples did.
Tuesday we got up to an overcast day, with just a little on and off nuisance drizzle. We drove to Walmart. We can park in the Walmart
lot and pick up the Trolley at its northern most stop. We rode the trolley to
the depot and purchased our wristbands.
Our first stop after we got out
wristbands was the Comedy Barn, to get our tickets for the Tuesday night show.
While we were there, Bob had to play the shooting game.
After Bob did it,
Pattye and Jackie had to give it a try! I love Pattye's style!
Jackie was a great shot, I would not want to get on her bad side!
Jack had to use the restroom, no wonder he was smiling ... check out the sign on the door! After we got our tickets, we decided to walk to The Island, because that is what we are going to do tonight after the show to see the water fountain show.
To our surprise, the water fountain pools were empty and had workers instead of water. Naturally Jackie had to ask them if it would be fixed tonight. One worker said no, another worker said I don't know. It sure is a strange sight!
While we were on The Island, Barbara and Bob were brave enough to try some moonshine at Ole' Smoky Moonshine. I love the look on Barbara's face ... priceless! Some of use walked the shop area and others headed to the Margaritaville Coffee Shop. Some of our favorite shops were Emery's 5 & 10 General store, The Sneaky Squirrel and The Pepper Palace. The crew that went to the coffee shop, swore all they had was coffee ... but the sticky white substance on their faces, tell another tale .... there definitely were some cinnabon rolls eaten while they were in there!
We continued to ride the trolley around getting off and on,
stopping at shops and shopping. We hit several quilt shops, Pyrex and
Corningware. Boot stores, clothing and purse shops. We rode the trolley back to
the depot and were going to the Old Mill Potter’s Café for a late lunch. Some of us, did not have cinnamon rolls and we were getting hungry! There
was a 45 minute wait. So, we decided to use some coupons that Jackie had for
CiCis pizza.
We thought we had seen one close. We were right, Google told us it
was ½ a mile from where we were. So, we decided to take the back road to the
parkway and we should come out pretty close to CiCis. We did! We enjoyed our
buy one get one buffet free lunch. All of us have not been to a CiCis since it
closed in Zephyrhills. After lunch, we decided to grab the trolley back to the
cars and relax, before we had to get to the Comedy Barn for our show.
Charlie and I have been to The Comedy Barn Theater before, but no one else has. We love it, and hoped they all would too! It is the funniest clean family comedy around! Once you see it, you will understand why year after year The Comedy Barn, is voted the most award winning family comedy variety show in the Smoky Mountains. It features magicians, jugglers, ventriloquists, animals, talking animals, comedians, live country and gospel music! It was truly a night of laughter, for all of us! this show can entertain everyone from kids to senior citizens.
After the show, we headed to The Island. We were ready to show the water fountain show to everyone else ... well, it was still broken. We learned that the pump was broken. There were two guys in the pond still, shoveling rocks ... but no water or skyward spiraling water jets .... kind of a let down, because it truly is one of the greatest free shows you can see! We did capture pictures in front of the ferris wheel, but again, just not a spectacular with out the colored lights and water from that show!
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