Gatlinburg 2009

We had a really nice time in Tennessee this year. It was very hot so spent a lot of time at the pool. Spent one day at Cherokee where we went fishing. Brought back 6 rainbow trout to the chalet and Allen grilled them up for supper. Allen and the two boys spent one day at the Nascar Speed park racing go-carts.

Allen and I in downtown Gatlinburg.


Dad and Mom at IHOP

The only family picture I got of us and it was taken in the parking lot of IHOP's on our last day in Tennessee!!!
Game of mini golf that we played one day when it was rainy. This was an indoor black light course. You can see the glow from the black light off the kids. And yes, that is Allen behind them looking like he is about to club one of them!

There were a lot of these painted bears around Cherokee.

The kids in a giant rocking chair in Gatlinburg.

Game of mini golf on Nathan's birthday. This was a really fun course, but it was very hot that night. Started playing around 8:00 and the temp. was 94 degrees! We had a good view of the tram going up the mountain from the pool.

The pool. Spent a lot of our afternoons here. Sarah, Mom and Dad at the nature center.

Nathan fishing with some help from Allen.
Nathan with the fish he caught. Greg fishing. Greg's catch.

Rainbow trout. A very well stocked pond!
Sarah fishing.

Sarah's catch! She doesn't like to hold them~

Allen and I at Newfoundland Gap.

Sarah, Nate, and Greg at Newfoundland Gap.

We love to go see the bears when we are in Cherokee. This is Ben. He is 23 years old. They told us most bears in the wild only live to be 9.

Another picture of Ben.

Yet another picture of Ben.

Grizzly bear waiting patiently for some apple.

These bears were really good at catching the food that was thrown to them.

Baby bear