Helmsey......Todd

21 hours ago, ependydad...Doug said:

Now she needs to recover, get over the pain, and get her voice back!

Glad things went well for her but be careful what you wish for!! 

21 hours ago, djsamuel said:

I'll have to check this place out.  How is the traffic around the campground?  I know Pigeon Forge itself can get very busy.

Its not as bad as downtown, since the CG is a few miles before you get that far. But if it's a busy weekend up there, it's hard to escape the traffic. 
And for my money it's still the best deal for a campground in the area even after going to "seasonal" pricing.

499 days if it is a room only reservation. 

4 hours ago, Grumpy and Grandma said:

We like River Plantation in Sevierville.

Another vote for River Plantation. It has been our "go to" for weekends up there since 2009. Ownership or management changed a couple years ago and now they are part of RVC Outdoors. They have made several improvements since changing like adding a small lazy river and starting to pave the internal roads. 

The downside is you need to reserve things in Pigeon Forge as far out as you can for holiday weekends, the fill up FAST.

4 hours ago, Travisma said:

Does the BGE have a similar recipe for ribs like a regular smoker does... the 3-2-1 method?

3 hours unwrapped, 2 hours wrapped in foil with some liquid in it... beer, apple juice, etc. then unwrapped for the last hour.  Darn good ribs.

I used to do 3-2-1 for baby backs but the last few batches I have done have just been about 4 hours unwrapped. I have done them that way mainly cause I was lazy and didn't want to fool with foiling and adding all the extras in the foil.

4 hours ago, weekender said:

 Turbo is cooking it at or right around 350 degrees.  The idea is to speed up the process of cooking so it does not take 12 - 18 hours to cook a pork butt.

Yep. I ran mine around 300ish and that 8lbs of pork goodness (pre cook weight of course) took just a little more than 8 hours. I figure for this method I can plan about an hour per pound on cooking. The last 8(ish) pound butt I did "low and slow" took about 17 hours, closer to 2 hours per pound. There was honestly no difference in taste between a low and slow and a turbo'd butt.

Threw a butt on this weekend and turbo'd it to be different. Outcome was great and wont hesitate to use it that method again if needed.

1 hour ago, BradyBzLyn...Mo said:

It's in the oven. If the finished product tastes anywhere near as good as the batter we have a winner. (yes I licked the bowl)

Oh and I got the cinnamon roll Ben and Jerry's.

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Pics please!! :)

16 hours ago, momof3kids-Yvonne said:

That's not until June though right?

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Yes, just didn't realize how close it was until I looked on the ol Google Maps.

5 minutes ago, momof3kids-Yvonne said:

Another possibility is the Manchester KOA in Manchester, TN.

http://m.koa.com/campgrounds/manchester/

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And just a small walk over to the Bonnaroo site from there :)

I can see it now.... all the 14 years will be driving those and drifting them around the loops :)

My kiddos will be excited to meet Olaf, that and breakfast with Sophia, Doc McSuffins, and Jake will be a good reason to hop over to HS.

16 hours ago, Cortezcapt (Derek) said:

I hope they keep them as well. It will be nice having wifi throughout the Fort but I do like having my own locked connection around the trailer.

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+1 

I have a wireless access point that lives in the camper. It's nice to have my own secure wifi.

We could possibly be interested in something in March, but the only weekend we are available is the weekend of the 19th.
I'll keep my eyes on this thread to see what comes up.

Great pics! I could go for that kinda view about now!

Watching the girls play at the playground

Swimming at the pool

23 minutes ago, Cortezcapt (Derek) said:

Great picture, looks like it may have been early in the morning?

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It looks like it was taken on Halloween morning about 9am.

Thought I'd bring this back from the dead and see if others are still cooking :)

We dined on this vat o chili during the big sports game last night:

Thinking of maybe trying to go there mid April( if they are open) and the new coaster is open, anyone want to meet up let me know as the wife will not be on that trip and hate to ride the coasters alone.

They will reopen March 19th this year.

Here's a new one:

 

 

TCD

I took an almost identical picture last trip with intentions of posting it to this thread.... guess it slipped my mind...

Here is a picture of what the infield will look like...obviously the old scoring tower will be gone:

We have been trying to play UT again for years. Finally they are good again, we are bad, and that is our first game next season, at Bristol Motor Speedway. 

I hope this game will work out to be as big as they are saying it will be. I also hope that UT comes out victorious :D

 

The Gators are a bit of a mess right now, but I like our new coach, and I trust that he will get things turned around.  I don't have high expectations for next year, but maybe things will be back on the right track after that.  Once the new guy gets his players in the places he wants them, I think we will be in for a nice run.

 

 

TCD

Don't forget, you always have at least 1 SEC win as long as you are playing us :)

Ours expire Oct 2016 and we will likely not renew. We upgraded our tickets while we were there on our last trip because we were there for over a week, plus we are doing 2 trips in 2016. I think we will be taking a "Disney break" after the trips this year.