Maggy Valley, Cherokee,"Thunder In The Mountains", Gatlinburg

Next we went to Maggy Valley, where we stopped by the 'Wheels Through Time, Transportation Museum'. Lots of great vintage bikes & other vehicles. Driving through Maggy Valley, we saw lots of motorcycles and signs saying "welcome bikers" so we started wondering if there was a bike rally in town. Just as we thought, we found that this weekend is "Thunder In The Mountains" in Cherokee, NC. I always like going through and checking out the vendors at bike rally's so we looked around to see where they might be set up. When we spotted them, we also saw a sign that said that it was $40.00 to get into the area where the vendors were. $40.00 per person! No way . . . we passed it on by and kept driving through the smoky mountains in the direction of Gatlinburg. When we got to Gatlinburg, we checked into a hotel at the furthest end of the town. The restaurant that we decided to go to was on the opposite end so we decided to walk up, while checking out a few stores on the way . . . and getting some much needed exercise. We had a nice walk before dinner and nice dinner and a nice walk back to the room. Besides seeing lots of motorcycles in the area we've seen lots of vintage cars. After asking, we were told that there is a vintage car show in Pigeon Forge tomorrow. We plan to stop by and check it out before leaving town.