Today was a great day. We started out in Bryson City and rode the Great Smoky Mountain Rail road. Max LOVED it!!
Next we headed through Cerokee to the Ocanaluftee visitors center and their Civil War era-ish farm. Since it was Saturday, people were operating the kitchen and answering questions.
We took the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway to our hotel where we spent some time in the pool, then grabbed an early supper and headed to the Catalochee area of the Smokies. If you ever come here to camp, be sure to spend a night or two here. It is camping only and this is where the elk were re-introduced in the park several years ago. The herd has now reached 100 and we saw around 20 tonight. Two females calved today, but we did not see the new babies. We did see a couple of older babies, and they were very cute. We had to wach through binoculars, as their moms kept them away from people. We did get some photos of the elk.
Tomorrow, we spend most of the day driving but will be on the beach by the end of the day. Yay! We will be there 4 nights, and I just can't wait to see Max on the beach.
TTFN!
We rode next to the Nantahalla river and got to watch white water rafters as we went. It was a beautiful day (it has rained both mornings but then dries up) and Max really enjoyed changing cars. We sat in a crown car, a 50's era passanger car with A/C. There was a Club car in front of us- which was adult only and no one could board with out a ticket. Behind us was a snack car, and behind it was an open air car. There were probably 12 more cars behind that. Several people rode the train to the Nantahalla Outdoor Center, where they got off to raft. 
After our train ride, we visited the train museum- with out a doubt the best toy train set up I have ever seen. It was on a 42 x 25 platform and had a whole town and I dunno how many trains. There also was a train table, and a big platform with a carnival and 4 trains that the kids operated by pressing buttons. They also had tons of trains on display. We found 2 different Frisco engines, and a Frisco caboose. On of the Frisco engines was $750! We literally had to drag Max out kicking and screaming. See the video below for an idea.
Next we headed through Cerokee to the Ocanaluftee visitors center and their Civil War era-ish farm. Since it was Saturday, people were operating the kitchen and answering questions.
We took the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway to our hotel where we spent some time in the pool, then grabbed an early supper and headed to the Catalochee area of the Smokies. If you ever come here to camp, be sure to spend a night or two here. It is camping only and this is where the elk were re-introduced in the park several years ago. The herd has now reached 100 and we saw around 20 tonight. Two females calved today, but we did not see the new babies. We did see a couple of older babies, and they were very cute. We had to wach through binoculars, as their moms kept them away from people. We did get some photos of the elk.
Tomorrow, we spend most of the day driving but will be on the beach by the end of the day. Yay! We will be there 4 nights, and I just can't wait to see Max on the beach.
TTFN!
2 comments:
Sounds like a big day. I was exhausted just reading about it. That river is were we went white water rafting. I am so glad you guys are having fun. I hope your drive is smooth today and I hope the beach is calm, clean and beautiful. Can't wait to hear about the beach. Dana
It was a great day. We thought of Jaxon a lot, th train museum was cool. If I can get the camera cord to work, I have some video of the train. If it won't work, I'll have to delete to conserve space on the memory card.
The river looked like a blast!
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