Sunday, May 26, 2013

Laurel Falls- The Great Smoky Mountains!

Since we had the time, we took three days of our vacation to spend in the Gatlinburg, TN area.  We went back to the same 1.3 mile hike to a waterfall in the Smokey Mountains that we did three years ago.  (Check that blog post out here).  Things were different....Last time I was 7 months pregnant, pushing a little stroller with a 3 year old and 15 month old.  In a lot of ways, it was miserable.

This time, Our youngest was 3 1/2 years old, no stroller, and no pregnant belly!  Nicole did not want to go at first because she was sick.  She had a fever, but we really believe that once she got out of the car, she would have fun.  And, fun she had!  She loved it!

The view from our condo about 10 miles outside Gatlinburg.

Laural Falls Trail.  Can you see Nicole's excitement?

Silly kids

Nicole finally started to decide that this was fun.

Touching the water.

Oh yeah....not my outdoorsy girl is into it!


A blue salamander.  Of course, the kids thought this was really cool!

Had to stop and take a picture.

And....another one :)

The pool at the middle step of the waterfall.

Looking down the falls.  I was so worried about the kids slipping and falling over.  In fact, I yelled at Nicole one time (she was WAY to close), but then I scared her and she almost slipped Because of me.  That was a bad moment.


Daddy started climbing....which means the kids start climbing too.

Family photo

Scared photo

Jeremy climbed to the top


Then he took Nate down to the bottom.  Pretty cool dad he is!

So sweet!  Love this view:)

Climbing back up with daddy


Getting a drink from a fresh water


Love, Love, love!

Looking for more salamanders

Daddy caught one!

Silly fun

Sweet siblings!


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