Summer Deals in the Smoky Mountains

The last post, we talked about gas prices going up just in time for summer vacation season.  It surely is gonna be a great vacation season, because prices continue to rise at the Phillips 66 station closest to our house, where I often visit each day for a fountain Dr. Pepper.  Fountain is always better than bottled, BTW.

My friend Tom Adkinson says that 75 years ago you could buy 25 gallons of gas for what one gallon costs today.  Now I haven’t researched and verified that for myself, but it sounds about right.  Generalities are too often the norm in today’s journalism, and if this was anything more than my personal blog, I would check it out.

And of course, most of my readers don’t know Tom Adkinson. Is he a credible source?   Those who do know him might find him a little suspect,

Fly fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains

 a shady character who enjoys standing around in mountain streams harassing innocent, defenseless little fish.

However, Bruce likes him because he is considerate of photographers and packs a red shirt that looks great in photos.

So Tom calls me this morning to tell me about the price of gas 75 years ago.  I was expecting belated birthday greetings, but instead Tom, who does public relations for the community of Pigeon Forge, TN, right outside the gates of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, had spent my birthday researching all things 75 years ago.

That’s because that great park is turning 75, which we’ve talked about before.  But Tom calls because Pigeon Forge has come up with this pretty cool celebration of the park’s birthday (not mine Tom?  Let’s work on that next year). 

Click on the website www.pf75.com   There you can register for a chance to win $75 worth of gas, $75 worth of go-cart rides and other fun stuff in Pigeon Forge, admission to Dollywood and all sorts of stuff.

It’s a pretty good deal and a pretty great place.  And next year, Tom will have an even great package celebrating MY BIRTHDAY!