Finally - Snow in Mountains

We were not fortunate enough to have any snow from the heavens on this trip so we had to revert to plan B. Indoor snow tubing.

We took in the Titanic museum because it is of particular intrest to Emily Grace. For some reason no one took any pictures but it was fun all the same. Highlights for Emily Grace was feeling the iceburg and feeling how cold the water was when the boat began to sink. The next morning we headed home for a real Christmas celebration.

Back to Nature

The second day of our trip was time to get back to nature. One would think that with all of the commercial enterprises available to us the these girls would not have much apitite for the great outdoors but they all acutally love it and it tends to be the one of the things that produces the greatest return in terms of life-long memories for our family. We hiked to two water falls. The first was Cataract Falls which was not far from the visitors center.

Next we drove to the Laural Falls trailhead. From the trailhead we went up - way up.

The falls were magnificent

A Tender Tennessee Pre-Christmas Stampede!

We decided to add a little trip to our Christmas this year so we made our way to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. We had just a few days so we set out to do a few things. The first was the Dixie Stampede Christmas show.

The Pre-show with hot chocolate and popcorn

The Main Event - Time to Stampede

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