North Carolina Take 2

Sorry for the long delay before posting the second half the of the North Carolina Trip!

We did many other fun activities while we were in the mountains, but one of them stands out above the rest. At least we think it did to Sydney. One morning really early (before dawn) all of us got up and went to an area that has wild Elk. It is a 45 minute drive on winding, narrow dirt roads but well worth it. What we saw was amazing. We counted over 30 elk that morning. And they were REALLY close to the car.



Sydney was very interested in them. Actually we were surprised how much she focused on them! And when she was done looking she waved and them and told them "bye-bye" and just sat and waited for us to leave.




Another place we went was an area just outside of the Smokey Mountain National Park to a pioneer farm. We went to look at Chickens and horses and cows. But the only animals that were there were the chickens, but Sydney didn't mind, she was just in love with the grass!



And everytime the roosters crowed she'd throw her hands to her face in surprise:



While we were playing in the grass I picked up a stick to use as a walking stick for fun, and here is what Sydney, our little imitator, did.


She's Cute isn't she?

While you are in the mountians of North Carolina you are just too close to Gatlinburg not to go over for at least one day. On the way through the park we stopped at the top and took some photos and looked around.



In Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge we did some shopping and looking around. Sydney's favorite part of being there was a strip mall in Pigeon Forge that she got to run around at.




We just had to include this very cute picture of Sydney and Grandpa in Pigeon Forge.



We spent one of the last days at the house and just let Sydney enjoy the deck and playing in the house. Here are a couple of photos to show just how much fun she was having.






She even enjoyed the car ride home even more than the ride there -- because of her cool new shades!



I hope you have enjoyed the North Carolina trip pictures/videos half as much as we enjoyed being there!

North Carolina Trip Part One!

Vacation time! Sydney need a chance to vacation without a sibling so... we decided to go to North Carolina with Grandma and Grandpa Egg to their beautiful house in the mountains. We were sure Sydney would be a "challenge" in the car, but Grandma was keeping a watchful eye.


And Grandpa was driving the van smoothly.


So Sydney could do nothing but sleep comfortably. (And Mommy was happy she got a chance to read & rest too!)


We weren't sure what we wanted to do while we were down there, but knew that whatever we did it was going to be something that Sydney would enjoy. That sure made looking at our usual North Carolina vacation different! The first "most exciting thing" Sydney found was the driveway (so didn't have to go far).




Of course she had to help Grandpa do a bit of raking while out on the driveway.



And what else do you do when you are on vacation, but go to Chucky Cheese (good idea grandparents!). She had a blast. We were there for about an hour and spent $2.00. The ride Sydney enjoyed the most was out of order, but she didn't care, so she kept sitting at that one for free. There are quite a few videos here to show you just how much fun she had.










The next day we decided to tool around Waynesville and Cherokee. Sydney enjoyed walking on the sidewalks with Grandpa (Or riding on Dad's shoulders while drumming really hard on his head!).



When we went to Cherokee we took Sydney up to see Mingo falls, a pretty neat waterfall without having to do much hiking, just have to walk up stairs about a 1/4 of a mile.





Sydney had more adventures down south so Stay Tuned for part 2 of the trip!