We had planned on going to
Asheville, but it is snowing there again and we aren’t confident pulling a
trailer in snow, so I guess it just isn’t meant to be. Instead, we braved Gatlinburg so Carmen could
say she has been there.
Because it was still raining
(several other reasons too, but that one put us over the edge), Brad dropped me
and the girls off in Pigeon Forge at Wonderworks. This is a cross between a fun house and a
science museum. It was fun and LOUD and
thankfully, not at all crowded. It is
completely hands on. After sitting
through a simulated earthquake and standing through a simulated hurricane, I
split time with each daughter. Audra and
I tried out the 360 bikes. You sit two
to a bike and pedal as fast as you can till you rotate around the bar you are
hanging from and go all the way around – completely upside down. Then Carmen and I climbed through the ropes
course. The bottom layer of this starts
about 20 feet off the ground and there are at least three levels. You are harnessed to a cable that hangs from
a track and then you walk on ropes from platform to platform. Oh, and it’s dark, but not too dark. Carmen was a little resistant at the first
crossing and then only hesitant at the second.
After that it was smooth sailing.
The girls loved the roller coaster simulator and the giant bubbles. We had fun and stayed warm and dry.
Brad picked us up and we
headed to Gatlinburg. We ate at Mellow
Mushroom. I don’t love that restaurant,
but C wanted pizza. It was much better
than the Franklin version. The crust was
crispy!
Then we walked the drippy
streets for a bit to see the town and to find Audra a sweatshirt. She lost her beloved “Gatlinburg” sweatshirt
somewhere in the last week. It was sort
of irreplaceable, but we tried. Once we
were sufficiently cold and over the people and noise, we drove through the
GSMNP to get back to camp. I think we
will leave here one day, but until it stops raining, I just don’t know where to
go.
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