June 8

The kids and I dropped everyone here at the beginning of the trail. We had already dropped the other car off at the end of the trail, so they could drive back to the cabin.

Matt & Phil
Phil, Matt, and John

Jackie & Kim

Phil & Matt

I think they had to hike through this.

Matt, Phil, Kim, & John

The gang getting ready to cross a bridge.

Matt

If you look closely you can see Phil & Matt. The 3 guys hike the Chimney Tops, after the other hike.

Phil & Matt

John, Kim, Matt, & Phil

While everyone else was hiking...we were...playing.

The kids took naps in the van right after we dropped everyone off. When they woke up we went into the visitor center and looked around at the little museum of animals. Then we walked around the gift shop and Ally got a black bear that we named "Smoky".

See Smoky sitting next to Ben. Ally's black cat is sitting next to her.

Ben is really growing fast.

After we did the visitor center, we went to McDonalds and had a picnic on our porch at the cabin. Then we went to the swimming pool. This is what Ben did while Ally & I were swimming.

This is what Ally did while Ben chilled in his carseat.

Ally had a blast swimming in the kiddy pool.