Our weekend in Cashiers

Alan and I spent last weekend in Cashiers, NC. We spent our very first overnight weekend up here many years ago and it's a spot we have always enjoyed coming to. We didn't take a lot of pictures but it was a very nice get away! We got up there Friday, early evening and ate at Ugly Dog Pub. The atmosphere was nice, food wasn't great-other than the mac & cheese bites- and the drinks were great. Alan found his new favorite drink there. We headed back after supper and crashed fairly early! Life of parents :)

After breakfast on Saturday, we went on a short hour hike nearby to a local camp that Alan used to worked at. It was really nice letting him show me around a place that means so much to him. It's a beautiful place!

After our hike, we stopped by Sapphire Brewing Company and had lunch. This was literally the view from our table. I could get used to this! The pizza was good but not amazing, salad was really yummy and the drinks good!

We then rode up to Highlands, NC and walked around for a little bit. We headed back toward Cashiers and made a pit stop for some pedicures!

We then headed back to our room, rested a bit and got ready for our reservations at The Orchard. Love the atmosphere and the food and drinks were great too! 

We stopped by Hendersonville on the way home Sunday, walked around downtown and then headed home later that afternoon. It was a really nice weekend that was much needed! We've vowed to not go another 3 years before having another overnight trip! :)

Tennessee Summer Vacation 2016

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. 

(CLICK HERE in case the video doesn't show up)