Pet Projects: Waterfall Cabin Weekend

Waterfall Cabin

Ever need to just get away? A little mental break from the hustle and bustle of urban living? Yeah? Me too! Michael being the sweet and awesome person that he is, could sense I needed a little escape, so he arranged and secretly planned a weekend getaway to the mountains in Tennessee! He cleared it with my boss in advance and surprised me on Friday with a trip to Waterfall Cabin! He picked me up from work at noon and off we were on the open road. It was an easy drive, about 4 hours south of Louisville. Upon arriving it looked like something out of a catalog! A cabin set on a picturesque landscape of a waterfall. The pictures really don't do it justice, but the waterfall actually went UNDER the house. The cabin was built over and around the waterfall in the Great Smoky Mountains. The cabin itself was nothing to balk at either! It was a large size cabin with 2 full bedrooms and 2 baths. A hot tub was on the side deck so while soaking it up, you can simultaneously soak up the scene around you. The waterfall provided a non-stop audio track to the trip, combined with singing birds and it was difficult to NOT relax. Not always such an easy task for a high strung person like myself. We ventured out on Saturday to the Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg. Wow. Absolutely amazing. It took us about two hours to walk through the entire aquarium. We saw sharks, jelly fish, eels, tropical fish of all kinds. The best part was walking underneath the aquarium in a sort of tube they'd built. You got to see the fish from every angle. Very very cool. After that we returned to the cabin for some of Michael's world famous grilling - dry aged steaks! Mmmmm. We ate, relaxed, enjoyed the scenery and got some R and R before returning late Sunday. If you're looking for a weekend getaway, I'd recommend this destination! It's privately owned by an individual and not a rental company, this really shows in the quality of the cabin and character inside. You can tell the owner themselves spend time there, and it'd decorated and cared for as such.