A Brief Recap

Wedding day! Everything was beautiful and perfect! Many thanks to all who helped make it possible. It was truly a fairy tale, complete with leaving in a horse drawn carriage. Now on to a relaxing and fun honeymoon in the Smokies!

Honeymoon day 1: Slept in till noon, then lunch @ Hard Rock Cafe. Drove through Gatlinburg and part of Pigeon Forge. Then bought some grocery stuff at wal-mart. First shopping trip married! Spent a relaxing evening at the cabin with sandwiches and wedding left overs.

Honeymoon Day 2: Breakfast @ The Apple Barn was delicious! Spent some time there and got an amazing bottle of muscadine wine for our picnic later this week. We decided to head to see some more attractions so we went to the Wonderworks museum. So freaking cool! We got to be big kids for three hours! And we finished up the evening with the Dixie Stampede. Busy day, but oh so much fun! We also got a sneak peek at some wedding pictures. We love Deedra Pike!

Honeymoon Day 3: Another beautiful day! Stayed in this morning, then I introduced Steve to ribs at Tony Roma's. We spent the afternoon in downtown Gatlinburg where we went to the Ripley's aquarium and to Sugarland cellars. We had a great time wine tasting and bought a bunch of stuff for a picnic later this week. I also got my first Coach purse tonight. Definitely a splurge, but I love it!

Honeymoon Day 4: Overall, a pretty relaxing day. We spent the morning at the cabin and the afternoon exploring the mountains a bit and shopping on the strip in Gatlinburg. By the time we finished shopping, we were zapped from the heat and crashed at the cabin with some Mellow Mushroom--the PIZZA guys, the PIZZA!! :)

Honeymoon Day 5: Got to introduce Steve to one of Gatlinburg's most well-known eateries this morning- Pancake Pantry. And they didn't disappoint. We spent some time shopping in one of the little alcoves off the strip. We wasted most of the morning there and then went to the Titanic museum. All I can say is wow. It was so neat. Really an experience more than a mere trip through a museum. Sad in some ways, but definitely glad we went. Then it was off to Fuddrucker's for dinner and relaxing at the cabin.

Honeymoon Day 6: Another great visit to the apple barn! We officially are in love with that place. Picked up a few more things there, then packed a picnic and drove over to Cade's Cove. It was gorgeous! A little disappointing to not really see that many animals, but still a great day. 

When we got back to Pigeon Forge, we had dinner at Joe's Crab Shack. The neat part of this is they were actually just open for training. We had stopped by earlier in the week, not knowing this, and somehow managed to snag reservations for a Friday night. Good luck or what?

Honeymoon Day 7: We got up (kinda) early this morning and checked out of our cabin. A little sad that the honeymoon is coming to a close, but excited to start out on a whole new adventure together. We originally were going to go to Asheville and tour the Biltmore, but after really looking at the amount of time it would take, decided to save it for another trip. I just don't think rushing through it would quite do it justice. 

We stopped at a store in Pigeon Forge on our way out where we had airbrush shirts made and had our saloon-style pictures taken. Slightly corny, yes, but a lot of fun anyway. We headed on over to Asheville anyway since we had already booked a hotel. It might be completely out of the way, but the drive was gorgeous, and in my opinion, completely made up for the time.