Trips to North Carolina, Aug & Dec 2011


I can't get this dumb cheese to come out!


Anthony takes aim


Pecan orchard in Georgia. The cars are filled with nuts.


Brenda's miniature horse Queen


Beautiful view from Wolf Peak Lodge


Don tends the fire at Bob's fire pit


Brenda has decorated Bob's handiwork to the limit


Anthony on the Four Wheeler at Wolf Mountain Lodge


Ranger Elementary plays Marble


The shot is up!


Yum, this is good. Thanks, Mom! At the Mellow Mushroom in Chattanooga.


Don's sister Brenda, husband Bob, and hamburgers


Dig in!


Dry Falls near Franklin, NC (Don & Virginia below)


Testing the falls


Ten Commandments on the hillside, Fields of the Wood, near Murphy, NC


Don shows off his new fireplace


Flower, bee, building


Maybe there's some gold in this pan


We did not find gold, but it was fun trying. Just like fishing is fun without catching fish! Sort of ...


Wolf Mountain Resort


The gang's coming over for Christmas dinner, so Sharon and Rachel get ready.


This is why they call them Smoky Mountains


Brenda, Queen, Anthony


Upside-down jellyfish at the Chattanooga Aquarium


Brayden likes the pirana


Coby (LA's brother) likes the sturgeon


Neat display of coral at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga


Rachel and Anthony at the Polise's Christmas tree


Brayden with Aunt Rachel at the Aquarium


The instructions that came with the gold pan say you must have a good rock to sit on


Hiawassee Dam, near Murphy


In the kitchen


Queen, the miniature horse


Pool champ


Waiting their turn


Rachel in her natural habitat


Neat rock formation


Nice hat! Wolf Mountain Lodge decked out for Christmas


Maybe there's some gold in this pan!


Brayden with Uncle Van


Anthony and Van hiked to this neat waterfall on Wolf Mountain


Amazing flower at the Chattanooga Aquarium


Dry river bed, waiting for the water


Here comes the water


Paddle harder!


Try not to get wet!


Spectacular view