Day Trip in the Smokies "Wears Valley Townsend loop" and Foothills Parkway

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[@StephanieLovesFall]

My husband and I both really enjoyed this video and seeing all the different places you went to. Please make more videos like this♥️

[@yankeeinthesouth]

We'll do thank you Stephanie

[@alycew.787]

Never get tired of this video- one of my absolute favorites! It’s nice to see the Moonshine Ridge Country Store again- my family was broken hearted when they closed. ❤

[@pannis72]

I love the driving vlogs! Beautiful scenery! Will and Dawn on the foot bridge - 🤣! For those of us that LOVE the Smokies, and can’t get there too often, these Vlogs are a little slice of heaven.

[@leedanielson7452]

Pamela Amen!!!

[@torzewski1972]

Love the Shipshewana shoutout. We live about 35 min from there. I love when you guys make these kind of videos because it helps us plan our upcoming trip. Lots of great ideas. Thanks!

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thank you Rebecca Marie

[@debbiesmyth299]

Love watching your vlogs.

[@chuckparham3319]

Love seeing these types of videos where you show how we can spend a day in an area and see the usually overlooked treasures. Please do more!?? You and Dawn are awesome and entertaining!!

[@mountainsolitude1336]

You two always have such a good time together! Thanks for taking us along! ❤❤

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thanks Moutain Solitude

[@kelleyrucker4708]

My husband and I enjoyed this video. We hope you do more like this! It’s always nice to have ideas on what do when in the Smokies’s!

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thank you Kelley

[@dandtintennessee7675]

Really making us miss the Smokies!

[@dandtintennessee7675]

@Rockin' Robin's Adventures & Dolls looks like no winter trip for us this year 🙁

[@connieyoung5400]

Love the video makes me miss the Smokies!

[@kevinhoneycutt238]

Thank You for making this. I thank God for making such a beautiful place to enjoy.

[@joejeffers2406]

Great job will and dawn thanks for sharing

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thanks Joe

[@ssing2490]

On our way tomorrow for our first time without kids for our anniversary. Looking forward to some nice relaxing drives like this! Thanks

[@triplejadventures6733]

I love how you say ruuf instead of roof. Yankee indeed! Lol

[@meltcmelinda4012]

Wonderful trip, thanks so much for taking us along. When my husband and I were last there in 2005 Wears Valley was so beautiful. It has grown so much since then, too much it seems for me. We had looked at land in Wears Valley then,, glad we didn't fall for the land trap.

[@aimeeburleson9788]

Love your videos and look forward to them. I will definitely feed the goats next time I'm in Wears Valley. So cute. Will and Dawn you make my day!

[@joellefisher2276]

Great video . Enjoyed this so much

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thanks Joelle

[@davidcleveland9815]

Me and my wife loved this day trip you all knocked it out of the park again thank you for such a great video love you all 🙂👍🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@ka1133]

Well, that was a most enjoyable drive. I enjoyed it very much. My five year old grandson would absolutely love that train museum. He is totally obsessed with trains now. He has taken several of the old steam engine scenic tours in some of the southern states when he and his mommy go down to visit his grandmother down in southern Kentucky and the surrounding areas. When he goes down to the Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge area next week they apparently have the old scenic tour arranged for that area. I appreciate the video … it was very enjoyable.

[@jakecastle1104]

My family decided to go to the beach instead of the mountains. Thank You for all you do for us that miss our home away from home.

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thanks Jake

[@teresaminick1169]

Husband & I were just there 2 weeks ago. Stayed in Townsend. So quiet & peaceful there.

[@gunlover067]

The foothills parkway overlook is a little piece of heaven 😁so quiet and beautiful up their. Thanks for sharing👍👍

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thank you gunlover

[@dianesmith618]

We loved this! Saw places we have been to and new places to explore next time we visit the Smokies. Please do more of these!

[@yankeeinthesouth]

We'll do thanks Diane

[@kendrasmith6637]

Love watching you two and going on trips with you... thanks for the tours 😊 fun times!

[@Shieva]

As Ive told yall many times before were always in Tennessee. The Smokeys NEVER gets old its always breath taking. first time we came there our cabin was HIGH in the mountains I had a anxiety attack lol seriously.. but soon as i seen the view I started crying.. couldn't control it cause its that beautiful to me. I watch Tennessee everyday on KZbin, we will be back again (just came back a week ago) lol Thanks for these videos makes me feel like I am always there! (were from Ohio) by the way!

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Sorry to hear about anxiety attack Thanks Shieva

[@chadmitchell-akabigcustom9110]

Thanks for so much love on the little river railroad! Bachmann used there shay to build there G Scale model shay off of… little story of the shay locomotive it was designed in your home state of Michigan due to the lumber industry… then built in Lima Ohio… then some ended up in the smoky mountains!!! I’m building a g scale train layout in my yard now and it will eventually move down to the smoky mountains area!!

[@chadmitchell-akabigcustom9110]

G scale stands for garden railway just for your FYI…

[@vickietaylor253]

My husband and I started going to the Smokies in 1972. Things have certainly changed a lot and not all for the better. I remember when Pigeon Forge was a few motels and had Gold Rush Junction where Dollywood is located now. Gatlinburg use to be so much fun, now it is mostly about alcohol so sad. Anyway y’all don’t want to hear about what it use to be cause it will never be that again. My husband passed away in Jan 11,2019 and my son is taking me back to the Smokies in a week for the first time in 21 years. Really looking forward to it. Thanks for your mini tours has given me lots of ideas. Keep the videos coming guys. May God Bless You Richly. Fellow Smokies lover from Alabama.

[@yankeeinthesouth]

I'm sorry to hear that.

[@bmorse68]

We did this little day trip this past July. Stopped by a lot of the same places. I just love it in the Smokies !!!!!!!

[@pattio3435]

Fantastic video.! I love the train n lumber museum and of course the Foothills drive is beautiful! Folks should be aware that lots of places along this drive close for the winter season. We were there in early Dec and all along Weirs Valley Road, most were closed including the museum. Would enjoy more videos like this. I enjoyed the swinging bridge too. There is also a restored village just up the road which is well worth the stop.

[@elizabethmarie7678]

Truly enjoyed every minute of this vlog. Y'all did a great job. You two are the cutest. Looking forward to more of these type of vlogs.

[@yankeeinthesouth]

ThanK you Elizabeth

[@karenstouffer6508]

What a vantastic video.Glad the chickens didn't peck dawn. Lol.Havent had a chocolate covered frozen banana in years.Now I want one.Thank you for taking us on your adventures.

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thanks Karen

[@jadamills4082]

Yes, enjoyed this! Please take us on more driving vlogs! loved the scenery & all the cool stores & museums.

[@yankeeinthesouth]

We'll do thank you jada

[@sherylhuffman1413]

This reminds me of the Blue ridge parkway in Virginia and all the little shops along the way .

[@ladeebugz33]

We love Wears Valley! We drive through every time. Love this video! Do more like this!

[@chadloveless3985]

Excellent video! Very interesting and fun to watch, great job guys! Love the new concept also

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thanks Chad

[@barbarap1477]

Always enjoy the videos! Wears Valley is where we usually stay. Was great! Feels like we were there too. Good job. We live Nashville TN.

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Wears Valley it's a beautiful place thank you so much Barbara P

[@amyarmstrong5397]

Wears Valley is sooooo my favorite drive. It’s such a peaceful drive.

[@catladylife]

Nice video. Hopefully we can get on the Foothills parkway on our next trip. The last two times we were there it was closed due to weather or a bad accident. Paw Paw's restaurant is having a fundraiser every Wednesday during October for a local person who was diagnosed with cancer. we hope to get there on the Wednesday we will be there in a couple of weeks to help support that. we haven't eaten there but my friend that owns Smokey Mountain cat house recommends it and so we will probably have dinner with them

[@perrytony1]

Thanks for showing the little river railroad museum. It's our favorite hangout

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thank you Tony

[@grandmap3389]

Nice, some more places we need to go in November, thank you for all your videos.

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thanks Grandma P

[@garylipsey3552]

Loved this driving vlog. Beautiful scenery and educational. Thanks so much!

[@julietuttle6230]

These types of vlogs are wonderful. Thank you.

[@Angela-zf8sn]

Love riding up front and in the middle 😂 the views are amazing! what a great way to spend the day! Loved it! Thanks for sharing this Beautiful area Will and Dawn 🤗Great places to stop!😁👍

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thanks Angela

[@christineschwartz8269]

Thank you so much for sharing this awesome video,, Looks like you had a very good day.. very BEAUTIFUL scenery ..

[@cliftones9988]

thanks for the beautiful drive! i used to live up there & can't wait to move back! your video brought back sooo many great memories thankyou !!!

[@kendrasmith6637]

Love Wears Valley. Thank you for the tour. God bless and keep you. 😊

[@leedanielson7452]

That was an outstanding video!!! Just beautiful, thanks guys! Loved the format! 😳👌🎉🎉👍👍👍👍🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thanks Loran

[@bdwade11]

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THE PENNY PRESSES! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 Y’all are the best!

[@pampatfrenchvanpatter5958]

We have come to Tennessee since we were about 20, we are now about to be 63. The cavern you mention is the best we have seen.We are from Canada and the Great Smoky Mountains will always give you heart. Now that it is June 2020 we will not be able to be able to come to the area that has given the most tranquility and joy that the mountains and people have given us. Your tours take me home. Cannot be there, but can be there whit the videos. Thank You

[@pameladulany1457]

I love when Dawn says "Pan for Gold"😁😁😁❤❤Makes me Smile and chuckle everytime!!

[@yankeeinthesouth]

😊 Pan Fer Gold

[@mauricehess537]

Love Townsend and the Smokys,, go there every chance I get !

[@debbiejones1014]

Love this type of video!! You and Dawn always do such a great job! Love the Smoky Mountains!!

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thank you Debbie

[@sherylhuffman1413]

I love ❤️ this kind of vlog ; it really brings back memories.

[@jenniferbreitenstein9030]

I love the ideal u both go out and show all world wide what there is to do in all the towns and tell what things r and the whole video deal that's pretty cool of u both to do that theres not many folks that would do that r those kind of things

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thanks Jennifer

[@jenniferbreitenstein9030]

Ur welcome

[@KevinNordstrom]

This place is better than the beaches in Florida that are always crowded with drunks. The suburbs of Gatlinburg is where my wife and I will retire to. Very peaceful and stunning landscape to call home.

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thanks for the info!

[@tooge47]

The best 14 1/2 years of my life were spent with my love, Barbara, living in and exploring east TN. Hwy 321 through Wears Valley was a favorite motorcycle ride, along with the Foothills Parkway. Of course, we HAD to eat at Paw Paw's !!! Being a native of Lousyana required it !!

[@darlenedrummer8478]

ROAD TRIP ! THAT WAS A LOVELY ROAD TRIP ! THANK YOU ! 🇺🇸

[@rebeccamercer6208]

Loved the video. The bear with the bee on his head reminds me of Pence's fly during the 2020 debate...LOL!

[@ms.tep_]

Such a great video to sit down and watch to relax.

[@TC-py1kj]

Hi guys. I'm getting ready to climb in bed and watch this video. Thank you so much for taking us a long. Very cozy. Amity, Oregon.👍

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thank you Tammy

[@kimberlybailey754]

I love fall, especially in the mountains😄

[@debrecalculating3769]

We love Moonshine Ridge, stop every time in town. My husband loves their fudge! Really liked this video, thanks!

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thanks Deb

[@kathielisai4740]

I like the idea of the day trip! Great job on this one!

[@jeffersonsmith5559]

Wears Valley is a fantastic part of the mountains. We spend more time there everytime we visit.

[@conniehightower7396]

Really enjoyed this video !! You guys actually put out videos that are very entertaining, fun and informal. Keep up the good work !!

[@michaelmasserang8922]

I always enjoy your videos. Day Trips are a blast. So relaxing. It would be so cool to see the Smokies in the fall. Perhaps one year we can make that work. Enjoy your next ride!

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thanks Michael

[@oldsjetfire8975]

I really liked the video. Add Bald River Falls to you list of future adventures next Spring. That and river road are really nice

[@yankeeinthesouth]

We'll look into that thank you Olds Jetfire

[@jackiejohnson8609]

Yes, love the videos on where to go and see places! 👍 keep doing them please.

[@beverlyweeden9759]

Love all the antique stores..thanx for sgsring...😊😊

[@normablanco-grigonis4043]

Thanks for showing me more places to visit when we come down there!

[@tommyd8119]

Hi guys, Grandmothers kitchen is a great place to stop for breakfast on Wears valley rd. We come up a few times a year from South Fl. We hit all my favorite places to eat and always a few random ones as well. Great little place!!!

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thanks for the tips!

[@treasureslayer3049]

So glad to see this video even though it’s a couple years old it was just what I needed. As I’ve commented before we will be there mid October and didn’t realize it’s the biggest season they have so we haven’t been able to book any tours and such. I thought yesterday I’ll try the route your on myself even though I’m sure it will be packed. What I loved the most is you’ve shown me several places along the way we can stop. Another great video

[@brucestrickland8704]

This is what we love! One of your best videos ever! Thanks guys! 🙂❤️

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thanks Bruce

[@dianapearson1771]

Thanks, Yellow Jeep tour!!!!!! We've watched a whole lot of your videos since this. And the dreaded C word has happened since then. We visited Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge in August 2019. May go back last week in December. Don't know yet. Our world is about to change, so that might be our last chance to visit. God help and bless us all. Love you guys!!

[@MGoodin]

Loved this kind of content! Show us where to go when we get there guys! The hidden gems you’ve uncovered in your journeys have only made our trips better when we come there. Thanks for all you do, coming down from Michigan this Halloween, can’t wait!!!

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thank you Mark

[@atypicalmom]

Love this video Will and Dawn. Thanks for keeping me distracted while doing laundry today, felt like I was right there with you!

[@davidfrancis2694]

Love the road trip videos as well as all of them, we were coming for 20 years every summer until we lost our father in November of 2016 now we're taking care of our mom and she's not able to take long trips anymore unfortunately

[@MaMaDeeDee67]

I love these videos!! Give us lots of things to look forward to seeing when we come up in 3 weeks!! Keep up the great work!

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thank you Marla

[@NO.YAY.12]

Loved this video Will and Dawn! ❤️❤️❤️ The Parkway is such a beautiful drive! We did the Foothills Parkway then on to Cades Cove and back through Townsend and Wears Valley Loop. Next time we are in the area, I hope we can see the museum and some of the gift shops you visited in the video!! 🤗

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thank you Juile

[@michaelgurtner2129]

Every time we come to town we come through Foothills Parkway. Stop at ever pullover each time to take pictures

[@helgabullabong]

These day trips are a great idea. Never visited WearsValley loop so it was great to see it. Scenery is beautiful. Cheers xx

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thank you Helga

[@letstalktruecrime01]

i am in the smokies right now and your videos are really showing me alot of stuff i havent seen before. tomorrow we are looking forward to finding some of the places we saw in this video. thanks.

[@donnadoering5125]

Love ❤️ watching your videos, cause I live in Canada 🇨🇦 and don’t have the funds to visit. I did visit the Smoky Mountains 🏔 in 1984 and a lot of fun there. Your videos are beautiful and interesting. Thanks 🙏. From Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

[@jimmyg.495]

Great videos, really enjoy them, I enjoy the local day trips and the hiking. Take care and keep them coming

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thank you Jimmy

[@teresawallace8263]

Oh gosh guys, I love the old timey stores!! Keep them coming. Thanks for the videos, Love ya, Teresa

[@alizabol651]

Great idea for video day trips. Enjoyed this one

[@mikestix88]

Dear Will & Dawn, My wife and I went to the smokies for our honeymoon in July 2014 and have been there 7 times since then! It is a tradition for us. It’s turned into our favorite place to go! We went during Christmas in 2019 for the first time and liked it so much we are coming back this Christmas and Christmas 2021! We miss the area so much that we watch videos of what other people post until we can get there again! Kept coming across more and more of your videos in my searches! You guys really get around! I love it! I love how much you guys love the south and it would be cool to bump into you guys sometime! 😂 we are coming with our baby girl the week after Christmas for the first time and one thing we still haven’t done but I’ve wanted to was go to Dollywood. The expensive admission is the hold back. So we do other things instead. What are your top 5 places to go or things to do (Resturant’s or scenery) God bless you guys and please keep up the videos! Subscribed!

[@nowhereman4104]

Love your videos! I (as well as many others) press pennies when ever we find the press penny machines like the Goats on the Roof one. You should try it in your videos. They are a fun collectible!

[@davidearley7847]

Stayed by that cavern last time. Love Townsend. Will never go back to staying over by pigeon forge or Gatlinburg. Those places are too busy. Townsend is just so laid back.

[@karenyoung7435]

Paris has a bridge like that full of locks. People from all over the world have put locks on there. This was a great video. None of your videos are disappointing. GOD BLESS!

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thank you for sharing Karen

[@emilyashline9420]

We stayed in those cabins you pointed out to the left in Wears Valley, sort of tiny homes. We love that area. This type of video is great. Thanks for sharing.

[@TADDs101]

👍👍👍 huge thumbs up Will & Dawn, we will be down there 1-week from today. We always drive the foothills parkway and to Cades Cove. We always stay in a cabin just off Wears Valley Rd. .. on our last trip in 2017 we seen a beautiful rainbow right over Wears Valley. Thanks for sharing with us all .. and YES everyday is a great day to be alive 😀

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thanks Tad&Lottie

[@bamalifecooperative5969]

Great trip guys! I have really enjoyed all your videos

[@angelrenee3333]

Great video! All those places I never knew were there. Such a pretty drive.

[@marilynb.2910]

Wow that brought back memories. We've been to that country store and cafe. Thank you! Marilyn and Len .

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thank you Marilyn and Len

[@pateberly1595]

I really enjoyed this video. I love this area and have been there alot! It gave me some ideas for my trip coming up soon!

[@rhondaapplegate6316]

We have recently discovered your videos. Great job folks! We're going down to Tenn in a couple of weeks and your vids have gave up a lot of ideals of stuff to look for. Thanks!

[@marlamichellebowker]

Had a picnic on the foothills parkway a couple of months ago. It is beautiful!

[@jennywheat6340]

Wear’s Valley is our second home! Y’all did a marvelous job with your video. This place is a little bit of heaven on earth!

[@JJones-tc5tq]

We enjoy this type of video. You guys always do such a great job. Keep up the good work.

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thank you J Jones

[@coryfowler804]

thanks for another great show luv the roadside attractions and spending time with WIL AND DAWN

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Thanks Cory

[@lindaboudreaux768]

I really like these little hidden gems that you all explore. My pen and paper is full of notes for the next time I visit the Smokies. Love your videos. Do you all take suggestions from your viewers ?

[@yankeeinthesouth]

Glad you like them!