We set out on our next stop, and we had planned to just spend the night in a Bass Pro parking lot, but once we got there the city has not overnight parking signs up. So we decided to see what we could find in the area for an RV park. Boy, we hit the jack pot with this one!!
Two Rivers Landing Rv Resort is nestled along the banks of the French Broad River in Sevierville, Tennessee. Just minutes away from Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Gatlinburg, and Pigeon Forge. It is a smaller RV park, 25 spots riverfront and 30 river view. The RV pads are concrete and huge. We have never had any that big. The staff was amazing, the laundry and bathhouse was the cleanest we have ever seen. We WILL return, for sure.
To check it out: http://tworiversrvresort.com/
So after we took a drive, we decided over night was not enough for us. So extended to stay another 2 days. This is truly what this RV life is all about. Finding new places that surprise you in the best way.
Our stop was the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, the park was established as a National Park in 1934. The Great Smoky Mountains, commonly referred to as the Smokies, are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee-North Carolina border. They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains. These mountains are also home to the densest black bear population in the Eastern United States.
Native Americans have likely been hunting in these mountains for 14,000 years.
In the mid-18th century European explorers and settlers began to arrive. One of the spots we had time to explore was Cades Cove. Cades Cove was settled largely by families who had purchased lots from land speculator William “Fighting Billy” Tipton. The first of these settlers, John and Lucretia Oliver, arrived in 1818. Two Cades Cove settlers, Moses and Patience Proctor, crossed over to the North Carolina side of the Smokies in 1836 to become the first Euro-American settlers in the Hazel Creek area.
Becky Cable House, it was built in 1879 by Leason Gregg to be used as a General Store. In 1877, Gregg sold it to John Cable’s spinster daughter, Rebecca Cable(18-44-1940). A Cable Family tradition says that Rebecca never forgave her father and refused to marry after he broke off one of her childhood romances.
Cabes Cove Chicken Coop built in 1866.
Double- cantilever barn built in the mid 1800’s.
John Cable Grist Mill built in 1868. They used the mill to grind corn down to make corn mill. And it is still in operation today. And you can purchase the corn mill at the small store located just off to the side of the Mill.
Looking for deer, but we just did not see many. Just in the distance.
Driving down the road and saw the cluster of butterfly’s on the road. Beautiful colors to them.
Green and lush, so many streams to see.
The Smokies, have so much amazing history in them. To visit this park in one day was not enough. It was beautiful National Park, and one not to miss. There is so much to see, not only at the National Park, but in the towns around there. And don’t forget to visit Dollywood!!
We just had the day to explore, but we will be back.
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