Doesn't Get Better Than This

Our first trip of the summer landed us in Tennessee to visit Nate's cousin and his family.  Our trip started with our annual trip to Hot Springs North Carolina and some adult time.  We again ate at our favorite little tavern there.  We then headed for some natural hot spring hot tub time.  We decided we hadn't had enough of our favorite tavern so we went back.  On the way home Carol and I decided to eat the chocolate cake we had taken to go.  We were still so full, but we just couldn't resist the cake.  We couldn't even put it down after deciding it didn't even taste good anymore!  The rest of our trip was spent camping (well sort of... in a cabin) in the Smoky Mountains.  We stayed in a different campground this year and again had a blast!!  One day we ventured to the highest peak in the Smokies, Clingmans Dome, it was beautiful!!  We enjoyed more food than we could eat, thanks Nate and Andy for all your cooking!  We enjoyed a fun filled evening of putt putt golf and go-karts at Dukes of Hazard store in Gatlinburg.  The kids once again enjoyed playing in the creeks of the Smokies.  They found lots of fun creatures.  And of course there was plenty of rock stacking and rock throwing to see who could knock down the stack.  Leland also finally lost a loose tooth while we were there.