Well we all woke up late and almost missed our free breakfast. Then we had about 2 hours to kill before going to the presentation so I went to this womens store that I thought was going to have great clothes. Well if I were a 60 year old southern woman looking for great dresses and hats for church OR a member of the red hat society it was a great place. I did buy a skirt and a birthstone ring for Grace (that she has already lost), but it just wasn't the store I thought it was going to be.
Don took the kids to go look at a play house that we had seen the last time we had driven through town. He really wanted to make this house but I have told him to wait until we move. So anyway the kids had a great time going through the house. Then they went to a tool store because Don was hoping they would have a drill or something. They didn't but he bought Grace her own shovel (which she has not lost).
By the time they came back to get me it was time for us to go to the presentation.
I have never been to something like this and well I really don't care if I go again. You are lead in like cattle to slaughter. They were going to have lunch which was chili dogs and salad. The kids were starved so the hotdogs without the chili were great for them... Then our sales man, who I did not like from the first moment, started to talk. He was not happy that we had our kids with us. I tried to be interested even though I knew we were not buying anything, and the kids for the most part were well behaved. The resort was very nice but I was amazed at the scam... 21K for one week and $500 maintenance a year. That's over $1M per two bedroom unit... I was shocked. Don told them they were crazy and they basically kicked us out.
We went to get out tickets and I decided I didn't want to do Black Bear jamboree (someone told me the food was bad)... so we got tickets to the Dollywood splash park. The minute the kids were in the car they were asleep. Since Don and I had not had lunch as we passed an old fashion A&W drive in we decided to stop. We thought if we ate in the car, kept it running and kept the movie on the kids wouldn't know to difference. What we didn't count on was a a huge diesel truck starting up right next to us. The naps at that point were over and they wanted to know why we were eating. We thought that if we drove around a bit they would go back to sleep so Don took me to the Scrapbook superstore outlet and he drove around... by 4:15 they were not asleep and Don was tired of driving so we decided to go to Dollywood's Splash Country. It was suppose to be a great splash park and so we had been looking forward to it but Don wasn't too keen on going so late in the day but I thought it would be perfect.
We ran to the hotel, I ran up and got our bag of suits and towels and we were off.
We got there and we were able to park right up front. We were able to walk right in. We got a locker and went into the locker room to change. I won't even talk about how FILTHY the locker rooms were but right then we decided that if we came back the next day we would be wearing our suits and bring nothing but towels.
We were off to the children's splash area and I can't tell you how much fun the kids had. I however was crazy because they both just wanted to run and you jus don't know if some nut will just pick one of them up and be off with them. But they were able to run and play on a slide and a water jungle gym. Don went down the slide with Mac. Grace was running around this place like she was an old pro. She really wanted nothing to do with us.
We were there for about a half hour when we decided to go to the lazy river when my fear came true... Grace ran off. She was so excited to do the lazy river she just ran when I turned my back. I about lost my mind. Thank the Lord she got caught up in some chairs and I was able to see her when that happened. I sort of scared her and made her cry but... I have to tell you I didn't care. She needs to know that she can't run off!!!
We went to the lazy river and Mac almost fell asleep riding on Don's lap. From there we went to one of those big four to six people slides. It was quite high and I hate heights but I had to be a trouper. The kids can't know that I'm scared of these things. Plus Mac would not have been able to go if I didn't go. I was quite scared as we went down the slide and I think that Mac was scared but we made it though. Mac said that he didn't want to do it again and so the two of us when to the Raintree Soaker Springs and Don and Grac
e when to the sledding slide where they had to ride laying down face first on a mat and go down the slide. Grace is such a daredevil. She was tall enough so she could do it by herself and the her Dad would follow. They were able to do this twice before the park closed.We then went back to the horrible locker rooms got dressed and went to the best buffet I think that I have ever eaten. The Great American Steak buffet is right across from our hotel. It looked new so Don thought it was the place to go. I was a little leery because of the buffet the night before but it was fabulous. The kids ate like they had never eaten and we were back to the hotel by 8:30.
I didn't pack that much trip because I have learned that we buy things along the way that we can wear and also, most if not all hotels now have washer and dryers. It is wonderful. I stayed up Monday night doing laundry while the family went to sleep. That is ok with me because it give me some alone time with all the crazy stuff we have been doing.
I will write more tomorrow...
At this time it was about and we decided to go to the Splash park. You see if you go after 3 you get in the next day for free.
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