My family and I spent the last several days hiking and throwing dollars at tourist traps. We have been in Gatlinburg, TN. The National Park is gorgeous, full of waterfalls, foggy vistas, and moss covered rocks. The Highway north of the Park, from Gatlinburg to Sieverville, is like Disney World without the entrance fee, or maybe Vegas for Christians. Maybe thirty miles of non-stop pancake houses, souvenir shops, and "attractions," including Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum. Its a pretty good mix of wilderness and consumerism gone full hog nuts. If you go, just one piece of advice. These folks are good people, and they fix good BBQ. Apart from that, they do not know what food is.
I do notice a couple of interesting notes in USAToday. The picture nation wide for state house races looks much better for Republicans than it did a few months ago, and Bush got a boost from the recent Zarqawi story. Not great, but better. Maybe I should go on vacation more often.
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