“OK, this a little goofy. It’s almost 2009, and I’m writing about our 2007 summer vacation. Here’s the deal. Last summer we took an awesome 2 week vacation just driving all over the souteast part of the country. I intended to blog to keep our family updated while we were gone, but quite honestly, was just too lazy. Sooo…. after we got home, we sat around and made a list of all the things we did so we wouldn’t forget. Now, a year-and-a-half later, I decided it was time to at least put my notes on the blog to make it official. Whatever that means. So here goes:
On the Way
- Pictures in front of Superman in Metropolis
Nashville, TN
- Red Robin in Murfreesboro
- Hard Rock Cafe
- Shopped for boots
- The Opry Mills Mall (Gibson Guitar, cookies, pretzels and cork guns that almost got us thrown out)
- Cooter’s Dukes of Hazzard Museum
- Jack Daniels Distillery
- Belmont University
- LaQuinta Hotel
Gatlinburg
- Horseback riding
- Carriage ride
- Fed the horses
- Drove through Pigeon Forge
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Rainbow Falls in the Smoky Mountains – Hike to the waterfall, Scott and Bill falling, Good water, Scott’s knees hurting, lots of salamanders, Terri, Anna & Emma’s very close encounter with a very large snake and one smaller one, Terri, Anna & Emma doing the Scooby Doo run the rest of the way down the mountain, Scott, Bill, Alex, Katie & Rianne hearing a bear, Alex running down the mountain to save Terri, Anna & Emma from said bear.
- Saw a bear on the mountain
- Hard Rock Cafe – saw “”Luv Addict”” video. Much excitement.
- Good Mexican food
- Ober Gatlinburg tram
- Alpine Slide
- Chinese restaurant – Rianne left her new purchases there. Went back and got them.
- “Warren Peace” – can’t remember what that means
- Fairfield Hotel – swimming, smelled like garbage, fun slide
- Couldn’t find Gold Bond powder. Don’t ask
- Sonic withdrawal
Augusta, GA
- Anna peed in her pants in the gas station
- City not quite the same as the golf course!
- Saw the outside of Augusta Golf Club
- Sonic
- Homewood Suites
- Alex left his phone at the hotel
Toccoa, GA
- Climbed Currahee (well, OK, I slept in the van, Anna & Emma watched a movie in the van, and everyone ELSE climbed Currahee)
- Got cool poster
Savannah, GA
- Homewood Suites
- Next to Air Force Base
- Chuchhill’s for dinner
- River Street – Candy Shop, The Cotton Exchange restaurant
- LOTS of rain and flooding
- Emma got a cigarette stuck in her shoe
- The Crab Shack – alligators
- Tybee Island – Dolphin Tour – awesome!
- Forest Gump steeple
- Trolley tour
- Mighty 8th Air Museum
- Nature preserve – snake, gators
- Fort Pulaski
- Cool bridge
- Laundromat
- Alex screamed “”I’m Gay!””. Still don’t know why. Lady laughed.
Charleston, SC
- Residence Inn – swimming
- Bourne Ultimatum
- Carriage ride in the rain
- Magnolia Plantation – dissappointment
- Drove around the city
- Watched the Patriot
- Paulo’s Gelato
- Patriot’s Point – ate meatball subs on the USS Yorktown
- Rainbow Row
- We think we saw Fort Sumter
- Alex receives lost phone
Mytrtle Beach, SC
- Avista Resort
- Alex ran on beach
- Swam in the ocean
- Alex the shark slayer picked up dead hammerhead shark, attracting a huge crowd!
- Hard Rock Cafe – pyramid
- HOT!!!!!!!!!!
- Barefoot Landing – Anna & Emma went on merry-go-round, ate at cheeseburger place
- Bourne Ultimatum again – power out in the first theater
- False fire alarm at the hotel
- Drove around for hours looking for a new hotel the first night
Ashville, NC
- Springhill Suites – got free M&Ms
- Saw the entrance to Biltmore. Too cheap to go in.
- Chinease restaurant – freaks (can’t remember what that means either!)
- Katie and Alex swam
Cininnati, OH
- Creation Museum
- Residence Inn
- Good pizza
- Red Robin on our way home
That pretty much sums it up! It was a busy couple weeks, with GREAT family memories! We are so blessed indeed!”
