Smoky Mountains Vacation Adventure -- Sunday, July 21 to Thursday, July 25, 2019

Mama, Daddy, Chase, Sam, Sylvester, and Nanaw went on a five-day vacation adventure to the Smoky Mountains and had a wonderful time. They stayed in a beautiful, charming cabin that Mama located through VRBO. Chase and Nanaw had the upstairs with two twin beds and its own bathroom and a cool winding staircase. The cabin had a fireplace, a hot tub, a deck and a porch. It was fully stocked and furnished and perfectly delightful. At Chase's request (and constant begging) they played miniature golf at three different places. Everybody got at least one hole in one -- Mama got three holes in one at their last game -- Yay Mama! On their first day there, the visited Ripley's Aquarium, and it was absolutely awesome. It was huge and filled with thousands of fish, sharks, stingrays -- everything imaginable. They rode the Anakeesta sky lift to the top of a mountain -- wonderful views. Up there, they walked on a sky bridge, which scared Nanaw a little bit. On Wednesday, they walked up a steep trail on a mountain to a waterfall. On the way up, Nanaw had to rest sometimes but it was much easier coming down. The dogs were very well-behaved and got lots of walks because Mama and Nanaw were always trying to get their 10,000 steps a day on their Fitbits. One night they had a wonderful, perfect dinner at the Old Mill restaurant; Chase and Nanaw had pot roast.