Wednesday dawned bright and clear. Another beautiful day. This morning I have the “owner’s update meeting”. It’s one of the annoying parts of Time Share Ownership. Every time you go on a vacation using your time share they tell you at check in that you are scheduled for this meeting on a certain day and time. I have refused in the past but over the years I’ve found that you can get some good information and depending on the resort, some really nice premiums/rewards.
In Florida I have received Theme Park Tickets and a cruise to Cozumel. Here in Gatlinburg the premium was a $75.00 visa card. Not bad for an hour of my time. I’ll save the meeting details for another time when we’re talking about time shares. My reason for mentioning it is that my morning was tied up waiting for the meeting. I used the time to my advantage anyway.
Since I finally got the computer issues resolved I set up shop on the screened porch and hit my emails, FB and blog posts. I couldn’t edit any pictures so I used them “as is”. Around 10:30 I made my way to the building where the meetings were being held and spent the next hour being educated on the changes and costs related to same that Diamond resorts is making to their timeshare program. By the time they were done it was time for lunch.
I stopped at the desk to pick up my Visa card and got to chatting with the young lady working there. She was telling me all about the places to go to see wildlife. Like me, she would prefer that to a Theme Park. As I was about to leave she mentioned the elk at the Cataloochee. There’s that name again!
She was much more forthcoming about where it was located and drew me a map to help me find it. She warned me it would be a long drive. She also suggested that I head to Cades Cove no later than 3:30 because that is a longer drive than I’d been led to believe too.
So armed with this new information it was time to find someplace for lunch and go exploring. I think I’ll see what the Gatlinburg Bypass is all about and then head to Cades Cove.