We ate at some of our favorite area restaurants, including the Best Italian and the Park Grill. At this time of the year lodging can be hard to find on short notice, so we ended up in Pigeon Forge at the Comfort Inn. The Comfort Inn was ok - clean, nice breakfast, good size rooms and a nice gas fireplace. They had some power issues, but it was not a big issue for us. The Best was a good family restaurant-type experience as always. The Park Grill is always a good stop with its unmatched salad bar (well, matched only at their sister restaurant, The Peddler) and dishes. Jeff enjoyed the NYStrip & Trout combo while I had a prime rib which I mistakenly ordered well done - I don't know why I did that but I'll blame my order error for making it a little too dry.
As always, I am thankful for our little getaway to the mountains. It reminds me of our conversation about where we wanted to retire. For me, it was always the mountains or the seaside. For Jeff, it was the Southwest. uh oh. incompatible places... so we decided we would just travel to all of these. So far... so good.