Summer Rewind Part II (Gatlinburg)

Okay, so that one and only week in between Girls' Camp and Youth Conference, we went on a family trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee in the Smokey Mountains. My aunts, mom & grandparents all own this time share package and once or twice a year they've been pooling their points together to have family reunions. This is a fairly new tradition, and we sure like it!

So, we stayed at this time share resort. Somehow we lucked out and the four of us got our very own two-bedroom condo! It had a full kitchen, full living room/dining room area, a master bedroom complete with huge spa garden tub and separate shower/toilet room, a second bedroom and second bathroom. Some of it was nicer than our own house (like the king size bed and the glorious garden tub and ginormous bathrooms). There was even a laundry closet and they give you free laundry soap. Only thing we had to do was run the dishwasher and take out the trash before we left.

The resort had two outdoor and two indoor pools and two hot-tubs. There was a new open kiddy water park, a mini putt-putt course, and a couple playgrounds spread out for the kids. All of this was included in the resort. It was great.

We did also do some sight-seeing. My favorite was going for a walk in the mountains and visiting the nature center (am I getting old or what?). If I can guess, I'd bet that Dollywood was the girls' favorite part and me & Aaron pretty much hated that day. Big tourist trap, in our opinion. But the girls loved it--it was their first time at an amusement park. Bridget was a fearless animal when it came to the rides. Vicki is a little more apprehensive, but she was braver than usual.

Our trip was Sunday through Thursday. The drive was about 6-8 hours long. It was a very nice family trip. I'll let the photos do the rest of the talking...