Hooray for Dollywood

I have to recommend to you to head to Dollywood next family vacation. I know it sounds cheezy, but we had a blast! It is super-clean and relaxed and just like Disney in the amount of restaurants and fun things to do. As we walked up there was a big sign that said, "Dollywood welcomes the Duggar family". All I could do was think of you, Hillary. I never saw them, but I did see several Duggar-like families. We DID see DOLLY PARTON herself! She was filiming a commercial and waved to us. Her waist is TINY- of course I've heard her say that things don't grow in the shade. :) Anyway, there were lots of shows and theater things. Here is Marky on stage at a show "Wings of America" where they showed us tons of eagles, owls, hawks, etc.

They had kiddie areas like sandboxes, water tables, fountains and baby rides that Julia could ride by herself.

Lots of country folks in the streets to talk to you- including this chicken lady who made Marc do a chicken dance. We also saw glass blowers, blacksmiths, men working with leather to make belts and hats and candy-makers.

Tucker was an angel and chilled in the stroller.

There were tons of places to eat and get treats like ice cream.

There were tons of water rides. Next time I wouldn't wear denim capris and get on this ride (below) as the FIRST ride of the day and walk around squishy.

Marky's favorite ride was the river battle where you had water guns and fought with other boats and the people on land who had water guns. They got SOAKED!

Thanks BB and Poppy for going with us! We had a blast and will definitely go again!