stays in Gatlinburg - that was mom's first rule as soon as we got there, but I will tell you some of the trip, just not all of the juicy details :)...
Mom and I got down there Thursday night around 5:00 - first thing we did was grabbed a beer and jumped in the hot tub. It was a long trip down. Amy and Jen showed up around 10:00ish and well, mom and I had just gotten out of the hot tub and were still drinking :)... enough said.
Friday we went horse back riding and walked around town. We were amazed at how hot it was down there, I didn't even look at the weather report before we went, we all just basically dressed like we were home. It was so crowded in town. I have not been there, but it is a shame how commercialized it is and how big it is. Here I am thinking a quiet little town snuggled in the mountains, not anymore. It would of only taken us four hours to get there but it took us an extra hour just to get from Pigeon Forge to Gatlinburg...
Saturday was another adventure day - we went White Water Rafting. We decided to do things that our husbands wouldn't do with us, so we were just going to do them. And the White Water, even though it was cold, was an AMAZING, AWESOME experience. We had so much fun, I can not wait to do it again. It was the most fun I have had in a long time. We had a great guide who was dangerous and exciting and he gave us a great adventure. I am so glad we had him, we definitely got our money's worth. After that we went to Cades Cove, which was beautiful but by the time we got through more traffic it was almost dark so we weren't able to walk the trails and see all of the log cabins, but we did get a picture of one of the Baptists Churches.
Driving home from Cades Cove back to the cabin was an experience in itself. It was rainy, dark, foggy and very, very winding roads. I was the lucky one driving and was white knuckled the whole time. It was not fun. Needless to say when we got back to the cabin, the beer started to flow....
Overall, it was a wonderful trip with a great bonding time with mom and my sisters. I do not know about them but I enjoyed every minute of it and can not wait to do it next year. We laughed so hard and we didn't even cry - it was another one of mom's rules, no crying allowed :)
So any ladies out there that want to join us, we will probably do it the same weekend to make it easier and any one LADIES can join us, no men allowed :) We had a wonderful time and it was what we needed.
I will post pictures later tonight or tomorrow - still downloading them.
Miss and love you dad,
Much love to all,
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