Well I finally have a chance to start posting some of my pictures from my vacation in Gatlinburg, and I thought I would start with some of different and more unusual shops and restaurants that I found there.  One of the places that I definitely wanted to stop at was "Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.", and it did not disappoint.  Before going into the restaurant they have all sorts of things with Forrest Gump sayings, like license plates, tee shirt, mugs, and a lot more.  They also have a replica of the bench that Forrest sat on along with his famous box of chocolates.  You know the one "life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get".  OH yes and there was also a pair of oversized sneakers which you could step into that were replicas of the ones he wore on that very long run.

Gatlinburg also had one other restaurant that was named after one other notable character "Cooter's" named after Cooter from the "Dukes of Hazzard"  and of course it to had things like the General Lee, and one of the girls that stole my heart, Daisy Duke.

I got a kick out of places with names like "All Sauced Up" which had all of the kitchen fixins that you could ever want.  When I first saw the name All Sauced Up, somehow I thought it was referring to another type of sauce ..... LOL

"Jiggling George's" caught my eye for obvious reason's.  I should of had my wife take my picture in front of the sign, but I did not think of it until I was already on my way home.

My sweet tooth was satisfied at "Fannie Frakle's" as well as my cholesterol needs.  I can still feel those hot dogs running through my veins.

If you like shopping, Gatlinburg has 2 1/2 miles of shops, and my wife made me walk every step of those 2 1/2 miles, and go into everyone of them.  For some reason my wife also felt that we were not allowed to leave a shop unless she made a stop at the cash register. But I have to admit that I did have fun, and I might have been even responsible for a couple of those cash register stops myself.

There were many other things things to do in Gatlinburg, like several shows, and museums, as well as a huge Aquarium.  We did not have time to do the shows and museums, but we did go to the Aquarium, and I will blog about that next and share some of the pictures that I took.

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