Gatlinburg

I realized when we got to the hotel the first night that this was Sydney's first time in a hotel room. No wonder she was so excited!

The next morning was breakfast, then a swim in the hotel pool before checkout. We had a cabin for the next two nights.

We started out driving the scenic Cade's Cove route and stopped for a little walk down by the creek.

Then we hiked to Laurel Falls, which sucked! 1.5 miles uphill, boy are we out of shape. Sydney did very well though, with very little complaining.

At the top was the waterfall, which she enjoyed playing in.

Then we discovered this little piece of heaven! A part of the creek that goes from ankle deep to roughly 9 feet! So, Chris and Sydney got in the ICE cold water and played. Chris contemplated jumping off the cliff into the deepest part, like others were, but they kept saying something about hitting their foot on a rock and he decided against it.

And I would've SWORN a bear did this, there's no way a racoon can obliterate a plastic bin like that. But apparently, they can. We found the pawprints to prove it.

And then we rode the tram to Ober Gatlinburg, which is a mall on a mountain. They have an ice skating rink which Chris attempted. Sydney wouldn't even step out there.

They have some bears, otters and other critters up there too, so we visited them.

I thought this was cool!

The tram ride back down. Sydney really enjoyed it. I was more scared than she was!

The upside down house. Don't know what it is, but it's cool!

Waiting for dinner at Old Mill, which is DELICIOUS!!! A must try!

The next morning, before heading out of town, we let Sydney ride some rides. Which was a huge ripoff! $3 for 1 ticket!! I could've taken her to Dollywood for the cost of 10 or so tickets and actually gotten my moneys worth!

So, that's it. We had a BLAST! And were sorry to have to come home.