We go to Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge often.  So usually I don’t get too excited when we are planning a trip to the Smokies but right now I am.  We are going for a weekend getaway within the next month and I am practically counting down the days.  I am looking forward to a weekend away, eating at some of our favorite restaurants, maybe getting some of my favorite wine, do a little shopping, reading by the fire, and just enjoying the beauty of the mountains.  If it snows it snows it will make it that much more beautiful.  I don’t even have to leave the cabin and I will be happy as a lark, because I will be getting some Mountains Time in!