A spare day in Ridge Retreat

With our extra day in the area, we decided to take another drive along to Gatlinburg, specifically the arts and crafts area. Both Jo and I are very crafty, in the best possible way, and were looking out for new ideas, as well as souvenirs and gifts to take home. I loved the quilts and wall-hangings in the cabin, and was interested in trying to find something similar for back home – in fact I’d been talking about it before I even set off for the States. After lunch in the area, we quickly discovered that the do it yourself versions of quilts were more in our price range than the pre-made versions, we stocked up on patterns and fabrics, had a bit of a potter around a few of the different areas (looking at candles, woodcrafts, paintings and more pottery, all made locally, if not onsite) and headed back to the cabin to get packed up, tidied up and have once last shot of the hot tub on our last day of luxury!

In our haste to book an extra day at Ridge Retreat, we forgot why we had intended to drive to Nashville a day earlier, because we were due on a tour bus at 10am in central Nashville the next morning! And Nashville is a good 4 hours’ drive from Cosby.
There was only one thing for it, fire up the barbie, load up the car, finish the beers and get an early night!