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what not to do in gatlinburg or pigeon
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while it's good to try new things and
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a couple of duds in a single vacation
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can really dampen the whole trip so here
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we humbly offer some of our greatest
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misses so you can learn from our
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mistakes when you come to the great
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smoky mountains national park in sevier
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county be sure to follow these tips on
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what not to do around the mountains
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number six don't partake in the same old
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we are perplexed by people who travel
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large distances and wind up doing the
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same thing they can do at home
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we recommend you don't drive 500 miles
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to try double stuffed crust buffalo
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chicken deep dish in a tourist
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places like shonies pizza hut mcdonald's
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are fine really they're fine but we
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encourage you to live a little and try
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something you can't get back home
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number five don't assume just because
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it's regional food it's good we live in
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an age of wonder nearly everything under
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the sun is reviewed online take two
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minutes and check out a few reviews we
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get it too much research can take some
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of the adventure out of a vacation but
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sometimes adventures ain't all it's
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cracked up to be number four don't stop
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at every gift shop in gatlinburg what is
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it about vacation knickknacks it doesn't
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matter where you go it's a universal
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problem at the mountains or at the beach
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you see shop after shop selling the same
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things in basically the same price range
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we don't hate the hustle if they do good
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business good for them but pick one or
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two curio shops and then move it along
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number three don't buy gifts from exotic
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why would you come to gatlinburg in the
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smoky mountains to buy a jade dragon and
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we love asian culture and history we
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might even like to own a jade dragon one
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day but we ain't going to gatlinburg to
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buy one if we're ever lucky enough to
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travel to china we ain't coming back
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with a quart of moonshine pickles number
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two don't pass on the specialty
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don't go to restaurants with food in
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their name and not at least try the
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specialty a few rules to live by you
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don't tug on superman's cape you don't
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spit in the wind and you don't go to the
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smoky mountain trout house and order the
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barbecue or at least not on the first
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if you've been a couple of times you
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have our permission to experiment but if
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you're walking out of the restaurant and
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someone says how's the trout you better
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darn well be able to answer
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number one don't fall for the freebies
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if you don't want a presentation
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look we understand the allure a free
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roam maybe a free meal maybe something
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else awesome all in exchange for giving
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up two hours of your time to hear a
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just know what you're signing up for
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they don't want to give you more time
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they want you to share your time with
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them remember the clock starts on your
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vacation the minute you leave the
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driveway you only have so many hours
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left try not to waste any of those hours
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by being bombarded by carefully vetted
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buzzwords each meticulously selected to
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break down your better judgment what are
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some things you would recommend not to
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do in pigeon forge in gatlinburg
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tennessee let us know in the comments
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