Weekend in the Great Smoky Mountains - Travel Guide | What to Do, See, & Eat!

Weekend in the Great Smoky Mountains - Travel Guide | What to Do, See, & Eat!

Welcome to the Great Smoky Mountains! For our time in this beautiful part of the country, we spent some time in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (the most visited national park in the US), explored the tourist towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, and ended our time at our favorite theme park… Dollywood!

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:07 Day 1: Welcome to the Smoky Mountains!
01:50 Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Cades Cove Loop
08:28 Downtown Gatlinburg
09:00 Lunch at Tennessee Jed's
11:10 Ober Gatlinburg
12:50 Gatlinburg SkyLift Park
20:54 The Donut Friar
22:10 Dinner at Local Goat
24:37 Day 2: Pigeon Forge!
25:02 Lunch at Old Mill Restaurant
28:29 Exploring Old Mill Square
30:54 Moonshine Tasting at Old Forge Distillery
34:36 Dollywood!
43:49 Bloopers

[SusanHunt-wp]

You two compliment each other so well, I enjoy your energy. Very fun and informative.

[ladybug]

Nat, I just love how Matt looks at you and adores you with his eyes, so sweet.

[kimberlyferrell]

I LOVE watching your videos, makes my wish list grow to places to visit and DOLLYWOOD is one of mine for sure :)

[wildcatcountry-bigbluenation]

Don't know how you two are in real life, but if you are the way you come off on here, you two have some of the best personalities, and charisma of anyone that creates vlogs. Great job!

[scottnei]

Go there almost every year. Our daughter and husband love it so much, they bought a cabin in Del Rio.

[lindagoulder]

I live in Gatlinburg. FYI: If any of you are planning to visit Cades Cove during the summer: the road closes (no cars) on Wednesdays and is open for bicycles and hikers only.

[timothygriffin]

Nat @ was really sweet..." ! ha ha Good one Nat !!! Also, both of you have honest, detailed critiques which are very helpful and appreciated.

[TheGatlinburgHussey]

Hello from Gatlinburg!! I was in the Skybridge part with white hair ..lol. You guys were so nice to speak with! Hope to see you two again 🏞️🐻🌄

[alexconsidine]

I've watched this 3 times in preparation of our trip this week!

[ralphjones]

i remember in one of my many trips in the smokies...there were bears and the tourists were climbing the hill towards them to get pics, they had their ribs showing, most likely out of hibernaton. out of nowhere this park ranger was like get the hell down and back in your cars lol. will never forget that.

[coopundiva]

Awesome video! Dollywood deserves its own video honestly, looks soo much fun!

[KitKat-mdsb]

I love Dollywood. One of my favorite places.

[airczerbuckets]

Gained a new sub! Went there when I was a kid...Wife and I going this fall thanks for the help! Ya'll are great.

[caraw]

Great Vlog! I love going to the Smokies in the Fall! I always make a stop at the Donut Friar for the cinnamon sugar doughnuts. At the Old Mill, I highly recommend the Old Mill Pottery House Cafe across from the main restaurant. The food there was awesome! I had their Praline Pork Chop that is topped with French toast moonshine sauce and chopped pecans. It was delish (chef's kiss!), we loved our meal there. Thanks and I always look forward to your adventures!

[monofarias]

Just stumbled across this video and glad I did! Very informative and super honest! Will definitely be a big help when me and my family plan our first trip to the Smokies🤞🏽

[andrewzook]

Omg I was dying lol, Nat with the Sky Bridge. I feel you100%. Love your videos guys!

[adventureisuncertainty]

Love this!!! Amazing video! We just visited and loved it! Thank you for sharing!!

[steveboling]

Some may love Ober Gatlinburg or Ober Mountain as I think it is called now, but we found it very disappointing. Sky Lift has been a part of our trips since I was a kid.

[moniquedeitz]

What a fun episode, Matt and Nat! I've never been to Tennessee and likely won't make it considering my well-into-senior-citizen years. Your vlog will definitely suffice.

I'm with you, Nat, when it comes to walking across flimsy-looking sky bridges with even a foot of glass to view the scenery a couple of football fields beneath (and was sure this particular one was properly engineered and safe until Matt mentioned some fellow cracking it playing like he's a baseball hero!!). For sure any such contraptions will be passed up by me. I did worry about your sunglasses flying from your head into the valley below or your shoes falling off into the river when you rode the sky chairs and was relieved those incidents didn't occur...LOL!  

Re the Ober park, you'd of thought the proprietors would have told you way beforehand that a major part of the park was closed...not exactly neighborly of them. Sheesh!

As for the cold fries for dinner the first evening, perhaps the restaurant should provide a small toaster oven along with the food service and patrons could crisp and heat anything which cooled on the way from the kitchen to the table. If you think that's a worthwhile suggestion for the future, I'll forego my consulting fee and you can keep any profits which come your way via a patent on the design.

Loved the Pigeon Forge general store...glad you showed it and the river flowing by the old mill. Yummy on the corn fritters and biscuits with the fried chicken! Moonshine taffy, though? Huh-uh! And I'd be under the table with real moonshine...just lift me off the floor and sit me outside in the fresh air. And Dollywood...what can I say but F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S.

Thanks again for a fun long episode. Enjoyed it a lot. Plus this is the longest post I've ever put on a YouTube...LOL!

[sellingthepines]

We are going this weekend so excited to try these places!