Vacation

Camping in the Great Smoky Mountians…Loads of fun. If we had an air mattress, we’d have stayed another night. We roasted hotdogs over the open campfire…yummy…

After the hike, we drove around the ” Cades Cove Loop” and looked at some really cool looking log cabins. We went inside of this one and looked around. I can’t even begin to imagine what it must have been like to actually live in one of those.

While on the loop, we saw lots of wild turkey (those birds are HUGE) and some deer.

We also visited the Old Mill and got to see how flour was made in the days of old. Very cool.

The next day, we took the kids to play minigolf. It was their turn for fun, after all. Here is Glorianna trying to find where the ball went.

Glorianna thought this hole was supposed to be a slide. “Weeeeee!!!”

Trevor decided on Wed, that he wanted to do one more hike. He promised me that this one was not as long and that is was stroller accessable. So I said ok. My legs were still very sore, but the trail to Loral Falls was paved and I stuck it out. I was very glad we did. Part way up the trail we saw a mommy bear and her two baby cubs. They were very close to the trail. We followed them for about 20 minutes as the took there time walking up the trail just ahead of us. It was so awesome….words just can’t explain. I tried to take some pictures, but it wasn’t very light in the woods, so they didn’t come out the best …but here’s a picture of one of the cubs after he climbed up a nearby tree.

We had a blast. Other than Minigolf, Hiking and Camping, I got to shop at the outlet malls, and we walked around Gatlinburg, where I got to shop some more. Trevor took the boys on a tram ride (pictures on his blog) and they also got to ride go carts.

After leaving Pigeon Forge on Thursday morn, we headed to Georgia to spend some time with our good friends, Bob and Monica.

to be continued….