Chafing with Grandaddy...

Aquariums at discovery place!!

Discovery place'n

Riding the lynx system to discovery place in Charlotte

Charlotte, nc

On our way to discovery place in downtown!

Playing with cousins

Hide and seek is great!!! Brian might be a little tired tonight!

The two girl cousins...

We love our family!!

Introducing the newest family member!!

It's our newest cousin... Miss Zoe Rahe...4 months old!!

Bowling with family!!!

Beautiful Ma Ma!!

Breakfast at Ma mas!

We are now in Charlotte,nc. We arrived last night, and now we are enjoying seeing our family!

Mountain top

Grayson...

"now exactly why did my parents make me hike all the way up here?!?!"

Cooling off feet at linville falls

Linville falls

Picnicing on top of a mountain at linville falls

We found a cave

Mountain trail

Good morning!!

Enjoying an evening at the cabin

More mining...

Gem mountain spruce pines, mc

This place is great! The kids had a blast and found lots of rocks...

Afternoon siesta in the mountains...

Catching newts!

Arrived at cabin in spruce pines, nc

Springmaid mountain cabins...

Western sizzlin rocks!!

All you can eat buffet and the food is great!!

$7.29 for adults and $3.99 for kids...

Located in spruce pines, nc

Grandaddy and Brandon looking out at smoky mountains

On top of mount Mitchell...

Driving through the clouds!!

Yes, it's 66 degrees and dropping up here!!

The Hampton inn tunnel road Asheville nc

This hotel was by far the nicest hotel we have stayed in on this trip... Very nice! The entryway is lined with trees all the way up to the covered parking... The lobby is wonderful, rooms great, indoor pool, hot tub, and sauna... Very nice!

I would stay here again and I'd ask for the king study because they have a front entrance in the hallway and a back entrance directly to the pool...

We are now driving on the blue ridge parkway!!

Continental breakfast... Yum!!

The biltmore estate

Here was a photo from earlier...

Swimming at the Hampton inn...

Have you ever seen...

A baby grand piano in a mcdonalds... We have in historic Asheville!!

We kind of got lost on the nature trails...

But finally found our way back to civilization... The boys might be tired!

The boys love putting their feet in the water

Bass pond at biltmore estate

Entering gardens at biltmore estate

We are here!! The biltmore estate!

Little boy... Big plate of food!!

Breakfast at waffle house

The Hampton inn is nice, but the breakfast was not... So we ended up at the waffle house. Next, biltmore estate!!

Great food!

So if you come to Asheville, you have to eat at cornerstone cafe! Huge servings and everything tastes fresh and home made!! Yum!!

The lost sea...

This place was great! I have no photos yet because it was too dark for my phone photos... But the underground sea was about the size of four football fields ( that's what they told us). The part we saw was probably half that size, very deep (70 feet) and crystal clear. They had lights in the water so it cast a beautiful blue color all over the lake. There were some huge trout in the water and Grayson thought that was the best part. The tour guide told us the Cherokee Indians used the caverns ad a hide out during the trail of tears.., it was a great history lesson too!!

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A little waterfall on the side of the road

The beautiful smokies!!!

Windy roads in mountains