May 2, 2012

  • Tom Tom Tours....

    I don't know if I've ever mentioned that my GPS (a TomTom) is rather dramatic. If it loses signal while you're following its directions it will demand you make an immediate left as soon as signal is restored, regardless of whether you're supposed to or not. It often chooses routes based on it's own personal tastes.

    This trip has been no exception. We programmed it for Dollywood and it was set to fastest route which usually means it will take main roads and interstates...but not today. Tom tom took our white canoe over many waters....it put us on the craziest back road tour we've had yet. Past the Bush bean packing facility, on a roller coaster ride of ups downs and sharp turns. I'm glad none of us got car sick. We ended up on Parrot Mountain, which we are so checking into tomorrow. Nan was getting a little worried, having been to Dollywood before, she knew that we should be on main roads. After a bit, our curvy road got so hilly, one of the hill tops was so steep you couldn't see the road, the drop on the other side was so sharp and sudden...that was a "yahoo" moment, when you have no choice but to take the plunge!

    When the road we were on seemed unending, we started to get the giggles....what if the Dollywood we were going to was "Dolly Wood" home of the Cupie. I could totally see some entreprenurial hill billy rigging that up in their back yard. By the way, did you know there is a town in the mountains of Tennessee that is the "Entrprenurial Capitol"? That surprised us too. As I was saying, we got the giggles so bad, nan was afraid I wouldn't be able to see to drive. I did though. We found civilization and a gas station where we looked up on a paper map where TomTom had taken us....and you know what? The road we were on looked just like intestines on that map. We were driving on Tennessees intestines...

    Will the fun never end?!
    That's all for now, I'm beat.
    -Kate

Comments (2)

  • sounds like fun in a slightly anxious way :) !--karen

  • Good gracious! Never a dull moment, eh? I had a driving moment like that last year w/ April. We were listening to Bill Engvall's "Here's Your Sign." Haven't heard it in years. Laughed so hard I could hardly see for the tears. Other than that, may I suggest that you upgrade to a Garmin Nuvi? Ours has a traffic function and redirects our route if the traffic is too bad. It got us within 5 miles or so of your house before it was hopelessly confused. Not bad for a GPS in the middle of nowhere.

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