We left at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday night heading for the Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge, Tennessee area. Here we are at around 9:30 at the first rest stop and driver change!


Here we are in TN after a very long night of driving having breakfast at Cracker Barrell at 9:00 Friday morning.
Nice, pretty warm fire.
The kids were SO good after sitting in the van all night. Maybe they were just too tired to misbehave! :-)

Neat upside down building!
The Titanic Exhibit

We are at Dollywood!!!

This huuuuuge spider was in a Dollywood bag my mom bought - yikes!
Playing the VERY out of tune piano in the little country church at Dollywood.
AJ trying out my wheelchair! What a kid!
Me and my kiddos!!!
Jeff and AJ had lots of fun playing pool.
AJ did a pretty good job getting some pictures from our balcony of the Smokies.
We thoroughly enjoyed the Kingdom Heirs concert.







Jeff and AJ shared a mutual fondness for the pool table and spent lots of time playing together.

At our "Beary Special" cabin in Tennessee
Oma & the grandkids
Isn't it strange how they build these cabins on the side of the mountain?
Some of the beautiful scenery on our way home.