Taking Baby Bo to Pigeon Forge - a Live JenniferS Trip Report (7/23 - 8/8)

[JenniferS]

Hello Friends, Sageteers, and lurking family members, in approximately 30 hours, Mike and I (and the pup) will be taking our new RV out on our longest trip yet. We will be spending 15 nights at Sun Outdoors Pigeon Forge.

We are looking forward to numerous day trips, some time with our old friend @InnKpr, and some pretty decent meals out.

This isn’t a WDW trip, so no ADR’s, no set itinerary, no park reservations or FastPasses. We’re just winging it. I am so not good at that, so you’ll have to bear with me.

Also, this is the longest I will ever have been separated from my boys, so that’s gonna be weird too. Good … but weird.

 

[JenniferS]

And without further adieu, your cast of characters ….

JenniferS and Mike:


Daisy:



Baby Bo:



Our home away from home for the next two plus weeks:

 

[King Racoon 77]

I'm in .

 

[MinnieM123]

I'm in .

That makes two of us!

 

[NYwdwfan]

Same!

 

[PUSH]

I'm in!

 

[Goofyernmost]

I'm not in... that degree of wildness camping is not my thing. Just to much nature he said sarcastically.

Spoiler: Truth be known

Anything as primitive as a hotel with no room service is not my thing. I spent my childhood camping even in that style they are and hated it so much that I vowed never to do it again.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I hope you have a fun time! I love the backpack you have for carrying Daisy. I have wanted to get one for my pup but my husband thinks otherwise.

 

[Tiggerish]

How did Baby Bo get its name?

 

[JenniferS]

How did Baby Bo get its name?

It was that or Vladdy - the two young Blue Jay phenoms.

 

[JenniferS]

I hope you have a fun time! I love the backpack you have for carrying Daisy. I have wanted to get one for my pup but my husband thinks otherwise.

Mike loves it. It also has a piece that extends out so that she can completely lie down in it, once we get where we’re going.

 

[JenniferS]

I'm not in... that degree of wildness camping is not my thing. Just to much nature he said sarcastically.

Spoiler: Truth be known

Anything as primitive as a hotel with no room service is not my thing. I spent my childhood camping even in that style they are and hated it so much that I vowed never to do it again.

I’m not a camper. You’ve met me, you know I’m a little princess-y. This is as primitive as I get.

(I’m sorry your surgery got delayed, but we’ll all be thinking of you, and wishing you the best.)

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

I'm in. Have fun!

 

[NYwdwfan]

How did Baby Bo get its name?

It was that or Vladdy - the two young Blue Jay phenoms.

View attachment 654889View attachment 654890View attachment 654891

To further her answer...the camper brand is JAYCO with a big Blue Jay logo on the front (generic Blue Jay not Toronto Blue Jay) - naming it after one of her beloved Toronto Blue Jays was the logical choice. Bo Bichette is the younger son of longtime MLB player Dante Bichette - nickname Baby Bo.

 

[Tiggerish]

It was that or Vladdy - the two young Blue Jay phenoms.

View attachment 654889View attachment 654890View attachment 654891

I do like young Vlad, but I don't think the name fits your rig.

I take it that Bo is Dante's son? Have to admit, I don't follow baseball all that much anymore, although the All Star Game was fun over the weekend.

 

[JenniferS]

So, no real itinerary, but there are a few things that we’re planning on doing.

Tomorrow, we will be visiting the Ark Encounter in Kentucky on our way down. This is a full sized Ark, built to Biblical specs, with interactive displays and museum quality artifacts.

We will, of course, visit the Titanic Museum. Big change this year - interior photos are now permitted. I repeat, interior photos are permitted. Current photo roll is 11,000+. Child’s play. I could take that many at the Titanic Museum alone.

According to @InnKpr (hereinafter referred to as IK), there is a new mini putt in town. I have two last place finishes currently under my belt. Can I get a third? We shall see.

Nearby Gatlinburg is host to many exciting activities centred around going up and down the mountain - gondolas, slide rides, the glass bottomed bridge. We’ll be doing it all.

Hatfield and McCoy dinner show? Yes please. Paula Deen’s? We’ll be seeing you more than once. I mean, just look at this breakfast menu! https://pauladeensfamilykitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/PDFK-PF-4-2022-Breakfast-Menu.pdf

Dollywood is probably not on the agenda for this trip. It’s just too long to leave the pup alone. Wherever we can take her, we will; but if we can’t, we’ll try to keep our excursions to a few hours at a time.

We’ll be taking our bikes, as hiking and biking trails abound. (Also did you look at that Paula Deen’s menu? Copious amounts of exercise will be necessary.)

We will be doing a night of “boondocking”, our first ever! So that will be fun. Mike is filing up the freshwater tank as we speak. I need to fill up my personal coffee tank and then get to final cleaning and packing. Later, peeps.

 

[Tiggerish]

To further her answer...the camper brand is JAYCO with a big Blue Jay logo on the front (generic Blue Jay not Toronto Blue Jay) - naming it after one of her beloved Toronto Blue Jays was the logical choice. Bo Bichette is the younger son of longtime MLB player Dante Bichette - nickname Baby Bo.

Ha, we were writing over each other!

camper brand is JAYCO with a big Blue Jay logo on the front (generic Blue Jay not Toronto Blue Jay) - naming it after one of her beloved Toronto Blue Jays was the logical choice

Clearly, there was no other way to go.

Bo Bichette is the younger son of longtime MLB player Dante Bichette

Had to be.

 

[NYwdwfan]

Ha, we were writing over each other!


Clearly, there was no other way to go.

Had to be.

The Blue Jays have the sons of Dante Bichette, Vladimir Guererro and Craig Biggio all playing together now.

 

[Tiggerish]

The Blue Jays have the sons of Dante Bichette, Vladimir Guererro and Craig Biggio all playing together now.

Wow, that's so cool.

 

[trr1]

I'm in!

Ditto