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and, get this, served with guacamole, pineapple salsa and sour cream was more than incredibly awesome. My fiancs' cheeseburger with two slices of Provolone cheese and thick-cut golden-brown fries must have been equally delicious; he didn't leave crumbs. We sat for a while and talked about the marvelous wall ornaments before he ordered a slice of home-style cheesecake and I tackled a helping of apple cobbler.

After such a large lunch, we were lucky to make it down the sidewalk. We cut into a garden-like passage off Parkway and ventured into an old-timely photo studio to have our portrait made. Believe me, though the air conditioner was humming and fans were isolating, once dressed in the 1850s attireI was an elegant southern woman in a hooped petticoat and long taffeta gown and my fianc was a Confederate general wearing a felt hat and a long woolen gray coat and baring a Confederate flag on his gloved arm. Once the photographer shot the image, I dropped the frilly attire and removed the fancy feathered hat and stood in my jeans and tank top unmoving for a moment to collect cool breeze from floor fan. Two photos cost $14.95 and photos mats were $4 each. There are several shops that shoot these fun photos and the prices are about the same.

Hey, you know, this street has just about everything. You can even walk off the sidewalk into thrill rides. For instance, there's the Camp Thunder and Reagan Terrace attractions combined that offer exciting entertainment including indoor and outdoor mini golf courses (four courses total) with one being a "Black Light" course. The large establishment also includes various rides including laser tag, bumper cars and motion simulator ride, as well as other exciting things to do. I was amazed these carnival-like rides were so popular with the fabulous Dollywood only a short distance up Dollywood Lane, which branches off from U.S. Hwy. 441, about where we started our walk.

And you know what; if you're ready to get married, there are several chapels with prices starting at $50. Wedding amenities vary from very plain to superiorly elegant. Remember, you get what you pay for.

The Sky Lift, at Parkway and Maple Lane, is a must take traverse to the top of a mountain. The chair lift took us over a street, then up the hillside to an observation tower 518-feet above Gatlinburg. From this deck we looked down on the city; also we viewed the awesome rows of mountains towering into the clouds like a stairway to heaven. And I, always with camera

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