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Old Aug 23, 2010 | 02:59 PM
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+ 1 on Alcoa
 
Old Aug 23, 2010 | 03:28 PM
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thanks everyone so far, don't stop now....

good point on the changing leaves thing. i hadn't thought of that. we'll be there from the 4th through the 9th of oct, think it'll be bad yet?
 
Old Aug 23, 2010 | 03:33 PM
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Check out this place, the price is pretty good.

http://twowheelinn.com/
 
Old Aug 23, 2010 | 03:45 PM
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I'm a fan of the Ironhorse motorcycle lodge in Stecoah, NC (~ 25miles from deals gap). It's very quiet, partly because it's off the main road about a mile or so plus it seems they attract a milder crowd.

Camping is cheap. $15/day. Semi private rooms are $64.95. Basic and comfortable. Semi private means you share a bathroom with the people in the room opposite you.

Room / bathroom / room.
 
Old Aug 23, 2010 | 04:02 PM
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+1 on the Two Wheel Inn in Robbinsville. Nice folks and the price is good. Plan ahead, they stay full.
 
Old Aug 23, 2010 | 05:08 PM
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I was just looking at some Gatlinburg stuff and saw that October is the ON season around there - people coming to look at leaves turning colors (do they come from places that don't have leaves?? New York? Miami?)

Apparently it costs a lot around the Smokies in October.

I have rented the cabins down there before and that's the best way to go - nobody in the next room, kitchen, pool table, hot tub, etc.
 
Old Aug 23, 2010 | 06:16 PM
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I visited Gatlinburg for the first time during my recent trip to the Dragon a few weeks back. What a lil tourist trap in the mountains. Also, we saw a pay-to-park lot with a sign that read "no motorcycles". Sorry but I wouldn't recommend that town for anything.
 
Old Aug 23, 2010 | 06:51 PM
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IIRC, This is a member here's rental near Gatlinburg:

http://www.vrbo.com/294231#ownerprofile
 
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sharing bathrooms no thax, give me a hilton anytime why go cheap when you do something special
 



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