Monday, August 3, 2015

Smoky Mountains and Dollywood Adventure


WE LOVE THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 We went to the Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies! It was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!



 I SEE NEMO, and DORY, and BUBBLES, and..................

 Cracked Geode's from the gift shop, and a shark-tooth necklace topped off the Aquarium experience.


Entrance to Dollywood Theme Park!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

                                                                                              Lot's of pretty southern dresses were worn at Dollywood, it's a southern tradition kept in the park.
                                              A real steam engine train took us around the park, cool.

Here is to having fun in the stream in the Smoky Mtn. National park, where we had a picnic and played!



 Oh yes, I guess we need to say we camped in our "new to us" pop-up! It was great, and the campground was really fun too.  We had fun in the pool, and played w/ some new friends we met next to us.
 The last night we went to the Pigeon Forge "Island resort" where there was a big Ferris wheel and an outside venue with shops and colored water fountains with music-a really cool outdoor place.  As Rob said, if you got bored in Pigeon Forge, it was your fault!  We had a great time, see you soon!!!



Harry Potter Camp 2015

 Hailey and her two counselors; they were from Australia and England, respectively.  What made the Harry Potter experience that much more authentic was their authentic accents.  Camp Widjiwagan is a very good camp, I highly recommend it to all families!



 That is Hailey in her black Harry Potter robe; the Hogwarts official sign. It was a pretty big deal.
This is a glimpse of the cabin Hailey stayed in for the week-it doesn't look like camp does it? Compared to when we went to camp 35 years ago............hmmmm.......I would have loved to have AC!!!!!!