ain't just a cliche'. The last several years the wifey and I have taken to roaming the country on our way to and from the single planned event on our vacation schedule.

We've been lucky enough to be able to drive through some incredible places, stop whenever we got the urge, and move on when we felt like it. We've met some fantastic people, eaten some fantastic food, and I've smoked some nice cigars in very beautiful places.

This trip we went through parts of Tennessee and North Carolina that were breathtakingly beautiful. The kind of vistas that make you pull over, get out of your car, and just gawk. We spent a day in Maggie Valley, NC and rambling through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.........I'm glad we did.

I'm telling ya, almost any cigar goes well with this:


We are truly lucky to live in a country as diverse and beautiful as ours........who needs a passport. If you ever get a chance to pass through this area, I highly recommend it.