Vacation 2007

"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!"