In Smoky Mountain Dreams, Jesse and Christopher have an afternoon picnic at Cades Cove near Gatlinburg. I’m attaching someone’s film of a drive through Cades Cove. I’ve tried to make the link of this video go to the interesting part (23:23) because the first bit is rather dull and you can’t see much. But the later parts are lovely.
Also here is a link to Wikipedia to explain what an Appalachian Cove is. It’s different from a cove near water. 🙂

Christopher Ryder and Jesse Birch are two men hanging on to the past. While Christopher has let go of his failure as a country singer in Nashville, he’s still trying to please his narrow-minded, non-accepting family. His beloved Gran loves him the way he is, but Christopher feels painfully invisible to everyone else. He’s happy enough performing at the Smoky Mountain Dreams theme park in Tennessee, but even when Christopher is center stage he aches for someone to see the real him.
There’s more than meets the eye when it comes to bisexual Jesse. He’s raising two kids and fighting with family after a tragic accident took his children’s mother. There’s no room in his life for dating, his kids are his priority, and he doesn’t want more than an occasional hook-up. He sure as hell doesn’t want to fall hard for his favorite local singer, but when Christopher walks into his jewelry studio, Jesse hears a new song in his heart.
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