Smoky Mountains Family Vacation
Day 1: Traveling KC, MO to Smoky Mountains at Pigeon Forge, TN So…the drive down was L.O.N.G.ggggggggggggggggg, and Evan is NOT 3 anymore. If you’ve been around awhile, you will remember our 4,000 mile Yellowstone and more road trip. …the one where Evan was in the way way back of our over-stuffed Explorer when he said: “How many more minutes?” And I replied, “About 7 hours.” And he said, with all the cheer and goodwill of his sweet, precious, happy, contented, enthusiastic heart, “OKAY!” (I don’t think I ever did finish that blog, but you can get a few days overview HERE !) We had to drive 2 cars to fit the people and bags. The smartest idea I had was a last minute grab just before we headed out. I sent Dillon in to grab their walkie-talkies...Jurassic World, no less. Those walkies were great for communicating between cars...especially during the no service zones! Well, Evan is now 8, and he is changing, my friends. He has been working on a little bad habit I (very inappropriat