Tomorrow our drive home begins!

Tomorrow we will be leaving Charlotte and starting to head back to Texas. Tomorrows stop... Lagrange, Georgia. It's close to Calloway gardens, which is our plan for Monday!!

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Grayson found the shark teeth

Rock show in mountains in Franklin, nc

Today we ventured back up to the mountains to come to grandaddys favorite rock show...

Inside mine

Mine enhance

Short walk to mi

Panning for gold

Reeds gold mine

This is a great activity for both kids and adults! Free admission too!! If you want ro mine for gold, it's only $2 per pan. Each of the kids got one and all of them found a piece of gold! Not to mention how beautiful it is!

Still playing magic quest!

This game at great wolf lodge is great! They have been entertained for two days straight!

We are really going to miss this place!!!!!!

Watching show at wolf lodge

Even the teen is happy!!

Josh making a tie- dye shirt at great wolf lodge

The kids are enjoying every minute of this!!

Grayson with big treat!

Michael playing in the game room

Josh in wave pool

Brandon

Michael and autumn

Back at it!

Grayson is loving this indoor wave pool!!!

Great lodge review

Well... I don't want to leave!! It is the most family friendly place I've ever stayed. There is something for all ages to do!

Everyone knows that they have a huge indoor waterpark. Some things I didn't know though...

They have a paws pass that let's your child or children ( mine all split one pass) do all of the following:

Stuff a build a bear of their choice ( there is about ten different animals to choose from)

Play an interactive magic quest game all over the hotel. They are given a wand ( to keep) and they get to go all over the lodge looking for the clues to solve the game.

Get tokens for the huge arcade room

Get a pass to play in the gaming room

Get a round of putt Putt golf

So along with loving the waterpark... There are all these other great things to do too!!

Also... I found that when I called the lodge to book, the price was twice as much as booking on expedia.com!

(they even have kids body wash, bubble gum flavored, in the rooms!)

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Backtracking.. Review of carowinds

Carowinds (south Carolina) versus six flags Texas versus fiesta Texas San Antonio...

If you want the largest rides... Six flags is your stop

If you want prettiest...full of big trees, carowinds is your stop

If you want cleanest... Carowinds

If you want a real Texas experience... Fiesta Texas is the best. They also have a laser/ firework show every night at closing.

Price wise... They are all about the same

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Brandon and Josh playing quest game

Have I mentioned how amazing this place is?!?!?!?!

Josh playing magic quest!

Grayson got new shoes!!

Green of course... With fish!

Michael and Grayson on waterslide

Michael and Grayson playing in waves

Grayson playing in waterpark

Lobby

Great wolf lodge, nc

This place ROCKS!!!!

The boys...

Autumn chilling...

Waterslides!!!

Josh in wave pool

Cooling off

Going to carowinds!!

Checking out the lake at the latta nature preserve

Civil war reenactment

Latta house

The civil war reenactment is about to start!!

Latta plantation center