Emily and Jason's wedding, Gatlinburg wedding chapel

For a delightful visit to our farm where you will feel like you are celebrating with Jason and Emily, check out this slide show. Silver Trace Photography delivers another slide show that takes you inside, behind the scenes, into the joy of a wedding in the country, a Smoky Mountain wedding celebration. Congratulations and best wishes to Jason and Emily from all of us at Whisperwood Farm and Appalachian Wedding Adventures.
Be sure to copy this address and look at the photos for a happy smile!

http://silvertracestudios.com/EmilyJason/
Janice Haynes Creekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Great Smoky Mountains, Cosby by Gatlinburg, TN 37722 865-696-2222

Smoky Mountain Destination Wedding, Gatlinburg Wedding Bed and Breakfast

Winter is just around the corner, now that November is upon us. We have a romantic bed and breakfast by Gatlinburg for eloping to the Great Smoky Mountains. Our ceremonies indoors or by the creek are a dream come true, whether you invite the family or celebrate your vows with just the two of you. Congratulations, Jason and Melissa! Fireside dining is always popular at Creekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast as an after the ceremony delight. Janice Haynes Creekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Great Smoky Mountains, Cosby by Gatlinburg, TN 37722 865-696-2222

Cuisine Amour features Creekwalk Inn as Gatlinburg private dinner location

Featured bed and breakfast private dining--try a dinner at Creekwalk Inn, a Gatlinburg bed and breakfast. Last Saturday's dinner selection: Soup course is a red pepper, roast corn and bean tantalizer with a bit of cayenne pepper, first course. Second course, a bacon wrapped ocean scallop grilled and sprinkled with Grand Marnier. Third course, a sparkling fresh salad and then on to filet mignon from the grill and pumpkin champagne ice cream...



Cuisine Amour, a private chef service in Gatlinburg, TN, features Creekwalk Inn for private bed and breakfast dining. Kelsey Haynes has studied in Asheville, NC, with Stovetrotters, an international chef training center led by Jenny Commit of Washington, D.C. Chef Haynes has continued her training at Ogle School of Culinary Arts. Her flair for delicious food presented artistically is a wonderful opportunity for our guests to dine in"n"...bring your own wine for exciting wine pairings with your 4 course meal. Your Cuisine Amour chef will consult with you for menu selections prior to arrival. Meals by reservation only. $50 discount for Creekwalk Inn guests on special promotion offer by Cuisine Amour, www.privatedinnerchef.com, ordered through their website or by direct call to Chef Kelsey, 865-712-4800. Dining at Creekwalk is an extra bonus for our guests who stay at the inn in one of the 7 bed and breakfast guestrooms, each with private bath. This is a wonderful gift certificate idea for Christmas presents.
Janice Haynes, Creekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Great Smoky Mountains, Cosby by Gatlinburg, TN, 865-696-2222

Laura Shell and Hoyt Clance wed at Whisperwood Farm

A beautiful fall evening heralded the perfect day for Laura and Hoyt at Whisperwood Farm Chapel. The family joined in to celebrate their vows and the reception followed at Creekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast. A delicious buffet of roasted butternut squash laced with cranberry, beef shishkabobs on the grill, chicken Alfredo on angel hair pasta,a vegetable medley and fresh baked bread followed by wedding cake with raspberry and chocolate filling. Our DJ played their favorite tunes and everyone had fun dancing the night away.
Congratulations to Laura and Hoyt and may your life together be as sweet as the season is glorious! Thank you for making your Gatlinburg wedding a Whisperwood Farm event!
Janice Haynes
Creekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Great Smoky Mountains, Cosby, TN
Gatlinburg weddings, Appalachian Wedding Adventures, Gatlinburg area outdoor weddings

Lexington World Equestrian Games a fun visit--we cooked breakfast and drove up for the day!

Many of my guests last week were on the way back or to the games in Lexington. I especially enjoyed their encouragement to get up there and prepared breakfast for Annie and Chris from England and then took off October 5th to see some of my favorite horse whisperers at the games. Pat Parelli's wife was splendid on her young warmblood. I loved her way of giving treats from the saddle to reward good behavior. Also John Lyons kept us laughing with his balloon demonstration and then played with the Paso Finos and danced across the boardwalk on a high stepping paso. All in all, a wonderful day. First time ever the United States has hosted the world games. I was honored to be there, even if only for half a day. Thank you, Annie and Christopher, for sharing your delight and reminding me to go, too! Happy travels to you back home and hope to see you again.
Janice Haynes Creekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Great Smoky Mountains, Cosby, TN, 865-696-2222 Also weddings, www.appalachianweddingadventures.com Elopements, etc.!

Elopement Package at Creekwalk Inn, Gatlinburg bed and breakfast

Sometimes an elopement to Gatlinburg is the perfect choice for your wedding!
Lacy and Jonathan enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere, the chance to get a great photography wedding package included in their week long getaway. They visited The Titanic and Dixie Stampede in Pigeon Forge, Hot Springs Spa, trail in the Great Smoky Mountains, waterfalls, and just plain relaxed and had fun here on the farm. We had an engagement shoot before the wedding, lots of wedding photos in a candlelight ceremony in our wedding chapel, then Lacy was even willing to put on her dress again for daylight photos on Monday. We had fun in the meadows and by the creek. Congratulations to Lacy and Jonathan...many safe journeys together, and be sure to return anytime to Whisperwood Farm honeymoon suite, Albright Grove Loop Room, and your moonlit hot tub in a private garden. Glad you love horses, too!
Janice Haynes, Bed and Breakfast Innkeeper
Appalachian Wedding Adventures, Gatlinburg Weddings
Creekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Great Smoky Mountains, Cosby near Gatlinburg, TN, 865-696-2222

Gatlinburg outdoor wedding and wedding reception

Outdoor weddings at Whisperwood Farm and Creekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast...just a dream come true for Courtney and Micah on 10/10/10...no, not 10 a.m.! We waited until 3 p.m. for the ceremony, the dramatic arrival of our bride by horse and carriage looping around our natural outdoor amphitheater next to the chapel. Not many brides get to see the flower girls walking down the aisle through a beautiful white pine tree's lacy branches. Our driver brought Courtney and her dad to the rustic arbor where she was escorted off the carriage by her dad. The aisle was scattered with orange, yellow and deep pink rose petals and reflected the fall season perfectly. Congratulations, Courtney and Micah! Hope you visit the farm often and return to your little bit of heaven and our Whisperwood Cabin where we can pamper you just like on your honeymoon. Glad you loved the Grand Marnier French Toast, fresh oranges, and sparkling apple cider for your breakfast..thank you for the beautiful note you left in the guest book. Makes it all worthwhile to know we created your dream wedding just as you had always imagined it since you were a little girl!
Janice Haynes, Wedding Planner and Innkeeper
Creekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Great Smoky Mountains, 166 Middle Creek Road, Cosby near Gatlinburg, TN, 865-696-2222
Appalachian Wedding Adventures, www.appalachianweddingadventures.com

Pamela Lanier Visits Creekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast

Pamela Lanier, Famous Guidebook Author and Cookbook Editor, Travels to Tennessee, Keynote Speaker for Tennessee Bed and Breakfast Association Annual Conference September 19, 20, at Whitestone Inn .

www.tennessee-inns.com State Association Website

Written by Janice Haynes, innkeeper, Creekwalk Inn and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Cosby, TN. www.creekwalkinn.com.


A breath of fresh air, even more than our usual mountain breezes, just blew through Tennessee in the form of Pamela Lanier.
Pamela is a gatherer, explorer, huntress of interesting, unique places. She has single-handedly envisioned the gathering of over 8500 lodging properties in her web sites and international guidebooks. With all of her fame, she settles into the landscape and the fun of our Smoky Mountain area like the comfortable, seasoned traveler that she is—eager to experience a new adventure.
I have had the privilege of experiencing Pamela’s eclectic travel style as her host. We visited our local apple barn and orchard, Carver’s Orchard, tasting their famous fried pies under a Smoky Mountain waterfall. Creekwalk Inn and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Cosby, now features her cookbook collection gathered from her travels. Her signed copies rest in the apple basket she just had to buy at Carver’s but couldn’t sneak through security on the airplane home.
I see Tennessee a little brighter by seeing my neighborhood through her eyes. A sparkling September day glistened around us. I am already in love with Tennessee, especially the Smokies, having lived here since 1982. Yet I’ve never seen light dance like stars in my favorite swimming hole, Midnight Hole. Pamela was first in the water, swimming into the falls, or as close as we could get. The current kept pushing us back. After our icy swim, we draped ourselves over the boulders on the little beach, laying out on the hot rocks around the pool-- a true hot rock massage, solar style.
So I will miss Pamela, knowing she is enjoying hearing our creek lullaby her to sleep in our Hannah Mountain Room. I will miss knowing all we have created here is being received by a true connoisseur of travel.
Best of all, besides the new fresh air and the new vision, I feel I have made a friend. I do believe the kindness of her vision and her life work enlivens the world with discovery. So pick up a Pamela Lanier guide: The Complete Guide to Bed and Breakfasts, Elegant Small Hotels, or Family Travel and Resorts. Breathe in her discoveries and travel experiences and discover your own. Go, as she does, gently.


Janice Haynes, innkeeper, Creekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Great Smoky Mountains, Cosby by Gatlinburg, TN

Gatlinburg Tennessee Winter Wedding

Gatlinburg Tennessee Winter Wedding, even with snow! With autumn just around the corner and all it's beauty, don't forget winter! Whether you are planning to hike to a waterfall heavy with icicles (some of my favorite Smoky Mountain hiking), snuggling up by the fire for a romantic getaway...or planning your wedding celebration in Tennessee, our whole lodge at Creekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast at Whisperwood Farm may be reserved for a romantic destination wedding. This wedding last January was complete with a covering of snow!
Our homemade sweetrolls make any Smoky Mountain bed and breakfast morning delicious...and fruit smoothies.
Janice HaynesCreekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Great Smoky Mountains, Cosby, TN Our Gatlinburg wedding log chapel web site is www.appalachianweddingadventures.com. My cell is 865-696-2222.

Summer hayfields, uncut glory!

Sometimes waking up here in the morning is so incredibly beautiful I feel like I am in a painting and I move with the colors as though I am seeing and being what I see all at once! Our hay cutter is broken and the tall grasses are long and colorful full of black eyed susans and queen anne's lace. The early morning light glows from within it all! I am so blessed! Come on back for a visit! We've been swimming in Cosby Creek with the pups!
Janice HaynesCreekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Great Smoky Mountains, Cosby, TN, 865-696-2222

Zane Singleterry plays saxophone, Star Spangled Banner MOV096.MOD

Hope your 4th was as melodious as ours at Creekwalk! Zane and his mom entertained us after breakfast in our banquet room, an informal concert. Hope you enjoy! Keep playing, Zane...we really enjoyed our private concert!

a letter to Pam Lanier about our gatlinburg bed and breakfast in the rural countryside of Tennessee

Our little farm is on 47 acres and in a town that is not even incorporated, Cosby,Tennessee, just outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, between Gatlinburg and North Carolina.
Our guests are welcome to experience the wonderful hiking trails in the Smokies, over 900 miles so a reason to return for many trips to our inn. All of our rooms are named after hiking trails. Here on the farm, just a few miles from the park entrance, we have meadows and creeks and trees with beautiful mountains in the backdrop. Summer fireflies light up the night along with a canopy of stars.
Our horse and dog pets lounge around the farm and wonder where their hammocks and rocking chairs are...My daughter raises Australian Shepherds so sometimes puppies are underfoot, but never in the house!
We have lots of wonderful books to read and nooks and crannies to read them. Our rooms vary in size from smaller than cozy (nooks), to normal size rooms, all with cathedral ceilings and paddle fans and interesting log beam architecture. Two of our rooms have private hot tub and fireplace gardens, perfect for honeymooners or anniversary celebrations. Our farm was the campus for the Log Home Guide magazine and log home lovers enjoy the 8 styles of log buildings on the farm and their interesting history.
Cosby Creek along the front of the farm is stocked with trout and makes great fly fishing. We love to tell our guests about our favorite swimming holes in the park and cook out areas. One of the local stores has a world class collection of hand made quilts representing the art of Appalachia.
Of course, it is tempting to go beyond Carver's Apple Orchard restaurant just down the street, or our local Bluegrass and Mexican food casual restaurant called "The Front Porch" a short walk from the farm...on to Gatlinburg, just 19 miles away, or off to Asheville to see the Biltmore. I'm glad there are many interesting city trips for our guests an hour or less away. I notice more and more that our guests try a raft trip, or a zip line, just up the road in Hartford over the Pigeon River, and then have supper close to home and un-agenda themselves. That is something the swing, curled up dogs on the porch, and a guitar someone might pick up and play seems to encourage. ______________________________________________
Janice Haynes
Creekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm
166 Middle Creek Road, Cosby, TN 37722
EMail: janice@creekwalkinn.com
URL: http://www.creekwalkinn.com
Tel: 800-962-2246 Fax: 866-392-1236

Experience a Gatlinburg Smoky Mountain bed and breakfast base camp close to hiking and waterfalls.
From Samuel Johnson: "There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." March 21, 1776

Janice HaynesCreekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Great Smoky Mountains, Cosby, TN

Creekwalk Inn Lilving room library a favorite with our guests

While enjoying the mountain scenery, our guests find lots of good books to read in the living room library opposite the picture windows. We have collected books over the years ourselves and our local library has a book sale regularly, so lots of titles to interest every reader. Several of our guests have begun writing the book they meant to write on the balcony by the stream or at our picnic table. Welcome readers and writers! I'm a fan of Prairie Home Companion and also an English Lit major. If you enjoy the show, you know all the jokes about how useless we English lit majors are! We have a few puppies left to play with and Kelsey wants to sell to good homes right away. Kelsey, my talented daughter, is up in Montreal right now learning French to go with her culinary arts degree. Hope she is learning lots of new recipes too!
Janice HaynesCreekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Great Smoky Mountains, Cosby, TN

Fall color: not too soon to plan your Smoky Mountain Fall vacation

It isn't too early to reserve rooms or a Gatlinburg hot tub cabin for your autumn fun in the Smokies. We are close enough to Jonesboro Storytelling Festival October 1-3, just 45 minutes away, to combine great storytelling and Gatlinburg hiking in the same week. Dream about cooling down in a Smoky mountain stream if you come in July or August. A picnic by the river in the evening, watching the fireflies come out with the stars, is the best relaxation ever. Our favorite swimming holes are either drive in or walk in. So pick your season. Don't forget the coziness of winter in our log cabin by the fireplace. We are a 4 season destination! Plan your anniversary or birthday trip now by calling Janice at 865-696-2222. We offer wonderful dinners for our guests by reservation.
Janice HaynesCreekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Great Smoky Mountains, Cosby, TN

One of my favorite Gatlinburg Rotary Members, Ralph Egli

Businesses in Gatlinburg can participate in the Rotary Club's flag display. This is a successful program available to all businesses in Gatlinburg for a small annual fee. Please contact the Rotary Club for details if you would like to have a flag placed in front of your business on our holidays. Ralph is photographed at the weekly Rotary meeting wearing his National Trail Day shirt for helping out in the Great Smokies National Park trail day.







Janice HaynesCreekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Great Smoky Mountains, Cosby, TN

Gatlinburg bed and breakfast romantic escape

Sometimes a summer meadow is just the perfect place to be! Plan your anniversary renewal or wedding while the meadow grasses are high. Tifton will have the mower fixed soon so you had better come soon. Lots of fun specials including dinner in the meadow with fireflies blinking all around. Gatlinburg bed and breakfast specials on and off the farm.


Janice HaynesCreekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Great Smoky Mountains, Cosby, TN, 37722, phone (cell) 865-696-2222

For sale: Australian Shepherd puppies playing in high clover (and fescue)!

Happy days with the puppies playing in the hay fields. They bob up and down and now you see them, now you don't! Mom herded them in a big loop.

We can ship anywhere just about! Have already sent one to Sacramento, CA, and also Michigan. Best farm raised pups anywhere!
Janice HaynesCreekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Great Smoky Mountains, Cosby, TN, 865-696-2222

Best hikers, most miles! Return guests at Creekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast--most miles travelled in the Smokies on foot!

The face of determination!
My personal award for the most miles traveled in the Smokies--on foot, of course--go to Steve and Bettina, now dear friends and 3 time visitors to Creekwalk and our cabins. Thanks for visiting and safe travels...
Janice

Janice Haynes
Creekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Great Smoky Mountains, Cosby, TN
865-696-2222 (my cell)

Corey and Lindsey married at Whisperwood Farm today! Congratulations!

Lindsey Dodgen and Corey Whitted celebrated their wedding today at Whisperwood Farm Retreat in Cosby, Tennessee. The reception on the porches was relaxed and fun, with wonderful weather cooperating! Best wishes to a terrific couple and their wonderful families. Our bed and breakfast guests are enjoying wedding cake tonight--one couple celebrating their 50th anniversary and another couple their 26th anniversary!


Janice HaynesCreekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Great Smoky Mountains, Cosby, TN

Australian Shepherd Puppies, 8 weeks old!

We had fun with the puppies today after a beautiful wedding, lots of good food, and great weather. Kelsey, my daughter, returns from her 4H trip tomorrow and the pups go back to her house. I will miss them! They are such fun to walk with after they realize they can't be directly under foot.
Just about the prettiest eyes I've ever seen. Our bed and breakfast guests have been enjoying lots of wiggles and laughs!
Janice HaynesCreekwalk Inn Bed and Breakfast and Cabins at Whisperwood Farm, Great Smoky Mountains, Cosby, TN