Trip to Knoxville

At the end of July, Maddie and I went up to Knoxville to visit Daddy. We had a lot of fun taking in some of the local sights.

Reviewing the safety info prior to take off!

I put my foot down on buying a 2nd ball at Wally World, so she climbed in the bin!

The mall by our hotel had an indoor playground and a train! They should never build another mall without one. That was my favorite place to go!


The Knoxville Zoo was awesome!

And, after two occassions of living in TN and always wanting to go to Gatlinburg; I finally got to go!! We had to go really close for a claim, so we just made a day of it. Or an afternoon anyway. We went to the Ripley's Aquarium and absolutely loved it!

They had these cool aquariums where you could crawl under and poke your head up in the middle. Pretty great view. They also had tunnels in the pequin habitat and you could walk under the large aquarium where all the sharks were. Maddie wasn't impressed with Sharks swimming overhead, though, so we had to make a hasty exit!

The peguins were definitely the hit of the day. Maddie made us go back 3 times and she posed with this peguin until we drug her away.

And one of my favorites, these little glowing jellyfish!