Dollywood

The girls were such an amazingly awesome help with the outfitter that we wanted to do something fun and special with them. They had always wanted to ride roller coasters so Perry and I planned a trip to Dollywood! We stayed in a cute little cabin at a campground in Pigeon Forge, ate out at Mellow Mushroom, went to souvenir shops, drove go carts and rode all the coasters. They (we all) had a blast. It was a much needed recharge for the 4 of us.

I'm still not sure what I was thinking when I ran to get on this thing.

The eagle. I let the girls do this one on their own.

And this one. I do not care for being dropped from the sky like that.

They, however, loved every minute of it and came back laughing from each ride.

When we got to the carnival side, Perry was all up for the rides.

We even rented a smaller car to zoom back and forth with.

Since we were so close, we decided to visit the Arensbak Troll workshop. These are the trolls we've been buying for Perry every year for several years now. I've always wanted to take him to the workshop and see all trolls and meet the children of the original designer who are still making the trolls and designing new ones today. We also bought Perry a new troll for 2019 while we were there. The hippie troll will fit in nicely with our collection.

Perry wanted to bring this door knocker troll home with us.

We even took the long way home and stopped by the NOC.

Oh yeah!