Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Smokey Mountain Vacation - Part 1

The second week of October, our friends Chris and La'Casta took us on vacation to the Smokey Mountains. (More accurately, they spoiled us for a week!)



When we stopped for lunch on the way down, Xavier discovered video games. He was enthralled with the buttons, lights, sounds and best of all... steering wheels! We discovered quarters are completely unneccessary for toddler entertainment.


Shawna's favorite meal of the week was breakfast at the Applewood Restaurant. Set on an orchard, we walked around and saw apples being turned into all kinds of yummies - from apple fritters to apple candy and apple juleps!


One of the trip highlights was the Black Bear Jamboree. We saw black bears (real and fake) all over during our stay. Xavier will now growl at you when you ask what the bear says. Here he was dancing with one of the Jamboree bears.


Justin and Xavier floated down "The Lazy River" at our condo. Xavier liked the water, but clung tightly to Daddy whenever they came near the waterfalls.




At OberGatlinburg, we saw real black bears. (Note to self: As I type this, I remind Xavier that this is where we saw the bears... He's growling now.)

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