Point Park - Chattanooga, TN
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Point Park

When site-seeing near Chattanooga, TN, a nice place to stop at is called Point Park, which is located about 7 miles south of downtown Chattanooga. It's great spot to get…
Winter Gatlinburg Trip
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Winter Gatlinburg Trip

Last year was the first Annual Ski Trip for our Boy Scout (and family can come too so we get the group rate) trip. You can read about that trip…
Alex’s 1st Camp Out as a Boy Scout
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Alex’s 1st Camp Out as a Boy Scout

Family Friday A couple weekends ago Alex attended his first Boy Scout campout without Rob or us as a family. Boy Scouts is quite different from Cub Scouts in that…
Forth July 4th Trip 2013::Gatlinburg, TN {Day 5}
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Forth July 4th Trip 2013::Gatlinburg, TN {Day 5}

Chalet ~ Day 1 ~ Day 2 ~ Day 3 ~ Day 4

Sunday we had to rise early and get packed and clean up the chalet before the 11am check out time. We were just in the nick of time and headed out on our last day of adventures. One of the things we had wanted to do on our trip was go to Cherokee, NC, but we decided to wait until on our way home to cut down on driving time since it’s in the direction of home. Cherokee is about an hour away from Gatlinburg, but it’s a beautiful, scenic drive with several opportunities to drive through some cool tunnels like the one you see below.

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Forth July 4th Trip 2013::Gatlinburg, TN {Day 3}
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Forth July 4th Trip 2013::Gatlinburg, TN {Day 3}

Chalet ~ Day 1 ~ Day 2 ~ Day 4 ~ Day 5

Forth July 4th Trip 2013::Gatlinburg, TN {Day 3}

The next day of trip we rolled out of bed at the crack of dawn. Wolfed down some waffles and quiche and hit the road towards Cades Cove. Cades Cove is a very popular attraction, which is about 35 miles from Gatlinburg. This isolated valley was the settling place for 100s of settlers in the 1800’s. It’s preserved homesteads, beautiful mountain views, and abundant wildlife are reasons why 2 million visitors come every year.

John Oliver’s Cabin
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Gatlinburg, TN Trip {Day 1}
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Gatlinburg, TN Trip {Day 1}

Forth July 4th Trip 2013::Gatlinburg, TN {Day 1} Chalet ~ Day 2 ~ Day 3 ~ Day 4 ~ Day 5 Wednesday we got up pretty early so we could…
Gatlinburg Chalet
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Gatlinburg Chalet

Our 4th Annual 4th of July Trip {the Chalet}

Day 1 ~ Day 2 ~ Day 3 ~ Day 4 ~ Day 5
This year for the 4th of July, we went further away from home to visit Gatlinburg, TN. Rob and I have fond memories of this place and it has become a place that our kids love as well. We rented a chalet up on top of Ski mountain. It was a nice, roomy place except for the kitchen and dining room. The decor is a bit outdated for those that are concerned about that. We didn’t mind. We loved the fact that 2 of the bedrooms were furnished with large jacuzzi tubs.  The main floor deck balcony had a regular outdoor jacuzzi as well.

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Gatlinburg Chalet
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Living room
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Franklin, TN
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Franklin, TN

A few weeks ago we went to Franklin, TN, which is about 20 miles south of Nashville. We were there for the last soccer tourney of the season! We stayed…
Gatlinburg {Spring Break 2008}
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Gatlinburg {Spring Break 2008}

We enjoyed a short trip to Gatlinburg. We stayed at the Edgewater Hotel. We spent a time in Ober Gatlinburg, at the Ripley’s Believe It Not Museum, and way above…