Vacation, Day 1 and 2
I guess it’s not a secret if you know me that I’m on vacation right now. Plus, I’m pretty proud of it. It’s not often that I get to take the kind of vacation that I’m on right now, which is for a week at a veerrrrrrrrry nice cabin in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. More for myself than anyone, I’m going to keep this updated with what we do each day, and hopefully it will bring some small morsel of enjoyment to you.
Yesterday, we left at around 9 in the morning from Lexington after a breakfast of sausage, egg, and cheese biscuits and a Coke. No sooner did we get to the end of the driveway than Annaliese decided that then and there would be a great time to poop. So, she filled out diaper with some of the most nauseating stuff that I’ve ever smelt and we rode the next 15 minutes in the stench to the interstate, where a McDonald’s and our salvation, a changing table, was waiting. After an epic diaper change, we were back on the road and on our way. We made good time too, stopping at a state park just outside Cookeville for lunch and bathrooms. This was when we made our first bad decision of the trip: the men would ride together and the women would ride together.
I switched cars and rode with my father-in-law the rest of the way, arriving almost 30 minutes before the other car due to them getting lost. Next time, I give them the GPS, and we’ll just figure out the route on our own. After arriving at the cabin, we unpacked, headed back to Pigeon Forge for dinner at Calhoun’s and a trip to Walmart to stock up for the week, and then we were back to put the kids down for the night. After this, Erin and I got to take a dip in the hot tub and then headed to bed ourselves.
This morning, Erin and I woke up and headed back to Pigeon Forge sans children to do some Christmas shopping. We wanted to go to the Log Cabin Pancake House but the line was wayyyyyyy too long, so we made the decision to go to the Pancake Pantry, which turned out to be a bad one, due to a line longer than the Log Cabin. But, we’d paid to park, so we decided to stay and eat. Great decision. I ended up having the Sugar N’ Spice pancakes, which tasted a lot like pumpkin pie to me, and they came with this caramel type of syrup that was awesome. Erin had pigs in a blanket which turned out to be sausage links rolled up in pancakes. It was equally awesome.
After that, we did some quick shopping, came back to the cabin and lounged around for the rest of the day. Erin’s dad made some grilled chicken, I took another dip on the hot tub, and we are currently wrestling Isaac, trying to get him to go to sleep. I don’t think he feels good. I guess I should help, so look for more tomorrow!
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