Wednesday June 24th

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Oh, I just love my Daddy!

What little girl doesn't!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

See you on Sunday!

Russ and I didn't do much today.

Well, I should say

I DIDN'T DO MUCH TODAY!

Russ got up early this morning

and went for a 40 something

mile bike ride to Cades Cove

and then around it twice!

I tried to get him to take his phone so that

he could take a few photos. Well, He didn't!

And WHAT DO YOU THINK HE SAW!?

A BEAR! And, now I have No photo

to share of it! errrrrr I am gonna get him

When he got back to camp and got all cleaned up,

he took a very LONG nap.

I even took one! I never take naps!

When we got up we went exploring Townsend.

There are more places to eat

than I thought there were!

There isn't much shopping though.

We went to the IGA and bought some

food for lunch and dinner.

When we got back to camp we had hamburgers.

Then later on that evening

(as you can see) I am cooking again..

After dinner we watched a movie.

Nothing to exciting today.

Dollywood is tomorrow!

Tuesday June 23rd

Pigeon Forge, TN

For our Anniversary we decided to do the Dixie Stampede.

Before the show, we were entertained by this group of talented
and semi famous men. Russ nor I can remember any of their
names, not even the name of the group.
But, they were very good!

This is what you see when you first come in the show room.

Isn't this pretty!? This was behind the big curtain.

I got caught taking pictures,

But I did manage to get a shot of the ending!

On our way back to camp we made a stop at one of our favorite

road side water falls. This is the most water we have seen

from this water fall in the 3 years we have been here.

I should have a picture of it in one of

our older post, try June 2008.

We had a nice day. It was a lot warmer in Pigeon Forge

than it is in Townsend. But, it was a nice day.

HAPPY 20th ANNIVERSARY Russell

I LOVE YOU!

Tuesday June 23rd

Cades Cove

The reason this is called

THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS

Deer with their velvet

wild Turkey everywhere!

The river, on our way out of the park.

Well, as I said in the last post...

And the story continues....

We have been so excited to hike to the falls in Cades Cove.

Well, we get there this morning and..

IT IS CLOSED!!

We hope to find some water falls that are open to hikers

tomorrow. With all this water, there should be

some pretty good water falls this year.

Oh...Did I mention that today is...

OUR 20th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!!!

We went to breakfast this morning at one

of our many favorite places in town,

The Carriage House!

Tonight is dinner at Dixie Stamped.

till then....