help choosing a route and backcountry campsite

[HooKooDooKu]

sectial,

Can you provide any additional specifics and feedback that we might be able to use to help improve your plans?
For example:
Can your disabled friend drive a car?
Are you flying on Sunday?
Are you staying in a hotel in Atlanta (and could you change that to a hotel near/in Gatlinburg)?
Can your flight plans be changed (perhaps you could fly to Knoxville where the drive to Gatlinburg would be shorter)?

[sectial]

Thank you so much for the information already!!

sectial,

Can you provide any additional specifics and feedback that we might be able to use to help improve your plans?
For example:
Can your disabled friend drive a car?

No, not the rental car as he needs specific adjustments to the vehicle

Are you flying on Sunday?

yeah we have a red eye from las vegas, should be landing in Atlanta around 4:30 AM, after which we are getting the rental car

Are you staying in a hotel in Atlanta (and could you change that to a hotel near/in Gatlinburg)?

We are not staying in Atlanta, after landing it's getting the rental car and we'll have to pick up some camping gear and food (probably at the REI in knoxville)

Can your flight plans be changed (perhaps you could fly to Knoxville where the drive to Gatlinburg would be shorter)?

Unfortunately not, we already have a very tight scedule to see other stuff. But for me it has been a dream to go camping in a national park.
That's why we choose backcountry camping