We left around lunch time on Friday, November 18th and returned home on Saturday, November 26th. We stayed in a cabin in Sevierville, TN which was about 8 miles from Tanger Outlets in Pigeon Forge. We had a busy and fun time! I will get the video edited and post it in a new blog soon, I hope :)
The Island
The girls made their first Build a Bear. Madison chose Poppy from Trolls and Riley chose Marshall from Paw Patrol.
Dollywood
Making cookies
Met Rudolph
and Bumble..
and watched the Parade of Many Colors in Dollywood
The ferris wheel!
Visited Cade's Cove on a Smoky day.
We saw deer, turkey and a mama bear with her 2 cubs
Visited Clingman's Dome and hiked up to the top.
You could see the Lake Lure wildfires from where we were standing. It was really surreal.
It was GORGEOUS views but a really hard walk up and it was so cold that Riley cried.
We left Wednesday, June 29th and headed up early. Stopped by our usual Waffle House, had breakfast and took the long way to TN. We stopped by Cherokee, NC and walked in some stores there and stopped to get ice cream at 2 Crowes.
We got to our hotel around 2:00 and were able to check in. The girls wanted to get in the pool for a bit..
We went to The Island that evening and walked around, played games at the arcade and had supper at Mellow Mushroom.
Madison wanted to do this obstacle course so we let her do that. She was so proud of herself and we were too! This girl loves adventurous and outdoorsy things. She is her daddy's daughter for sure!
..and Riley got to ride the Merry Go Round
Waiting on the dancing fountains at The Island
Dollywood Day 1
Her favorite ride
Me and Riley took a break while Alan and Madison rode rides
Waiting on the train
She loved the fireworks!
Riley, not so much.
Hotel life suits this one..
July 2- went to Splash Country for half a day(the girls didn't seem to enjoy it as much as we thought they would). We got in the truck and Riley fell asleep. Alan was able to move her into the room and she took a 2 hour nap!
That evening, we rode the trolley into Gatlinburg. Walked the main street, ate at Crawdaddy's and rode the chair lift.
Got some ice cream and a few great pics while at the top.
I am the worst panoramic picture taker, ever. I don't know how you people don't have lines in your pictures.
Real life..
Got my stars and stripes and we headed home on July 4!
We decided to buy a GoPro after our first
Dollywood day. We used to have a camcorder but it messed up a few years
ago and we never bought another and our phone quality isn't the best.
Here's the movie I made with our footage! It was a lot of fun putting
this together.
