Rod Run

I guess I can't really blog about life in the Smokies without at least mentioning Rod Run.  For those of you who may not know, Rod Run is a fancy term for Car Show. Pigeon Forge has at least three of these every year and unless you are a classic car enthusiast, you might want to avoid the area at those times!  Thousands of people come to gawk and traffic is usually at a stand-still.  

The shows are usually on the weekend, but loyal car fans start showing up on Tuesday. By Friday, every parking spot in front of every establishment in Pigeon Forge will have a classic car, truck, bus, or motorcycle parked in it!  

You can visit the vendors over at the Splash Country parking lot and buy car stuff and talk to car experts, but most of the action is right here on the parkway. A lot of the owners seem to enjoy cruising the parkway and apparently the fans enjoy watching them. When the fans arrive, the first thing they do is set their lawn chairs up out by the road and they stay there until Rod Run is over. (The chairs, not the fans!). You can drive by early in the morning and the parkway is lined with empty chairs. 

Last year we came back from a ball game very late on Saturday night and people were still sitting out there watching the cars go by. I just don't get it, but then I've never been a car enthusiast. I just want a reliable vehicle that can get me from Point A to Point B!