We had a
great time on vacation. Getting away seemed to be exactly what we
needed. Wednesday at midnight, we left for the 12 hour drive to
Cleveland, TN. We arrived at our hotel, showered, napped a little, had dinner and got
ready for Diona's cousin's vow renewal service.
Friday morning we headed to our cabin which was located in Pigeon Forge.
It was a gorgeous drive!
Saturday, Sunday and Monday was
full of relaxing with family, site seeing in Cades Cove and Gatlinburg,
going to Dollywood and going up LOTS of stairs.
Tuesday, we
left to slowly make our way back home through North and South Carolina,
Georgia and then through Florida. We found rivers, waterfalls, antique
shops, historic buildings and sites to explore. We safely made in home
late Friday night and had the weekend to welcome the 1st of October and
get ready for daycare.
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| Meagan, Collin and Kaitlyn... belly's full of Cracker Barrel dinner, but still tired from the trip. |
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| The ceremony party! |
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| The happy couple and Diona's side of the family |
Headed to the cabin... three level, 14 sleeper, 3 bath, full kitchen, pool and air hockey table and guarantee of bears!
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| The long drive begins. |
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| We saw many churches. |
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| A bumper sticker that reads "keep TN beautiful, eat more Gator" |
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| rolling hills and big blue skies. |
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| our cabin! |
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| check out that view... from the front porch! |
Friday we went to Cades Cove. It was so beautiful, and so much fun to walk around the fields and woods.
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| Meagan, Collin and Kaitlyn walking out in a field. |
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| During a walk in the woods, we stopped to get a family picture |
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| The drive was beautiful! |
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| Fields and mountains. |
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| we explored the river near the mill |
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| Todd and Diona |
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| Meagan, Collin and Kaitlyn sitting on a tree trunk that fell over the river |
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| Diona found a beautiful black and blue butterfly. |
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| Collin, Meagan and Kaitlyn |
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| Meagan |
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| Such a beautiful mountain! |
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| We took this dirt road |
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| To see Cades Cove Primitive Baptist Church |
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| Looked around an old cemetery |
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| The birds... black crows were all around a certain part of the drive. |
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| we sat in a line for 30 minutes because... |
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| There was a big black bear waaaay off in the distance |
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| This mill grinds dried corn to make corn meal. |
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| Panoramic view of Cades Cove mountains |
After we left Cades Cove, we stopped at several rivers to play.
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| Todd and Diona sitting on a rock in front of a waterfall |
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| We could have stayed there for hours! |
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| Collin throwing rocks |
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| Meagan sitting on a dry rock in the middle of the waterfall |
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| Kaitlyn liked all the huge rocks |
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| Diona sitting in the middle of the waterfall |
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| M, C and K exploring all the rocks |
Onto part 2!
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