I have returned from my nearly week long adventure down to the Smokies of East Tennessee. Spent about 4 days at my family's vacation house with my mom and we did a few fun things, as well as some housekeeping items as well.

We spent a day at Dollywood (a must on a trip to East Tennessee), went to the Ripley's Aquarium, played a few rounds of mini golf (both indoor and outdoor), went to the Alcatraz East Crime Museum, and the Knoxville Zoo. We also had to go furniture shopping and stopped at a big box store to get a new TV up and running in a bedroom at the house.

On our way home we stopped for a couple nights in Cincinnati. We spent this past Saturday at the Cincinnati Zoo (to see Fiona of course ;)), and then on Sunday we went to the Newport Aquarium across the Ohio River from Downtown Cincinnati. After the afternoon there, we drove home Sunday evening.

The Newport Aquarium was the only attraction I had not been to before. It'd been several years since I had been to the Cincy Zoo, but I always enjoy my time in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. 

Glad to be back home.