The Aquarium-Within the first couple of days three of the four angelfish died and just yesterday I found the fourth one laying on the bottom :( We have three new (and much larger) angelfish that we bought last week as replacements- Steve is supposed to go and get a fourth today. Otherwise all of the other "kids" are alive and well!
The Vacation-We spent a wonderful week down in the smokies! We camped for four nights in Cades Cove which is in the National Park (no showers!!!) and then camped the last four nights just outside of Gatlinburg (they had showers and even free wireless internet!). While we were there we hiked, saw several waterfalls, saw at least 10 Black Bears, had a family of owls in our campsite, toured two caves, went to the aquarium, shopped, and went to check out the wedding site.
The Wedding Plans-While we were on vacation (once we had showered) we went and met with the Minister who will be marrying us next summer and got to see the chapel and tour one of the cabins. Everything is so perfect! It looks like our date will be August 11, 2008 and now all we need to do to officially set the date is get a good idea of how many people we will have there so that we can reserve a reception site! Here are the websites for the chapel and the resort:
http://www.smokymountainwedding.com/ and
http://www.thepreserveresort.com/Guess that's it for now! I'll post some pictures from our trip too!
This is from the 11 Mile One-Way road through Cades Cove. Almost all of the bears that we saw were along this road- a must see if you ever get down to the Smokies!
Also from the Cades Cove Loop Road
Steve and I at Abram's Falls- a 2.5 mile hike to get there, but well worth it!
The bottom part of Laurel Falls- only 1.25 mile paved hike to get there- one of the more popular falls to see!
The North Carolina side of the Smokies
Self-portrait :)
Mingo Falls- the tallest that we saw 180 feet!
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