1. The street depicted in Mountain Memories is the
Great Smoky Mountains Parkway.Running over 23 miles from Sevierville,TN
to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Parkway passes through
beloved mountain towns of Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg,TN.
2. Thom has incorporated 17 N’s in Mountain Memories
as tribute to his love for his wife Nanette.
3. Make note of the license plate on the ’56 T-Bird in the
right of Mountain Memories. The numbers N5282 represent the day Thom
and Nanette joined their lives in holy matrimony — May 2, 1982. This is an
actual car Thom spotted when he went to pick up his daughters from
gymnastics practice. The owner actually backed it out of the garage and
posed the car for him!
4. Thom's dog, Brilla, has made a special appearance
on the left side of Mountain Memories.
5. The original Gatlinburg candy store, Aunt Mahalia's
Candies, can be seen on the right of Mountain Memories. This
gourmet shop was established in 1939 and still makes their delicious candies
the old fashioned way in a glass enclosed kitchen using only the freshest
and finest ingredients.Yum!
6. Thom has included the state dog of Tennessee into his
image Mountain Memories, the Bluetick Coonhound. Can you find her?
7. In Mountain Memories, Thom honors Gatlinburg's
celebration of its bicentennial. It features a romanticized vision of its
present and honors its rustic past. Although rich with the color and energy
of modern Gatlinburg, it also emphasizes vintage cars and a horse-drawn
carriage, representative of 1807 when Gatlinburg was formed as White Oak
Flats.