Sightseeing and Laurel Falls

On Thursday we did more sightseeing and headed up to Laurel Falls.
Here is a creek we stopped at and played.
Adriana playing in the creek.We stopped off at an old farm house and got to see how they lived in horse and carriage days. They still had live animals there and here Adriana is chasing a chicken.Andrew joining her in the chase.
The kids sitting on the porch of the old log cabin.Andrew checking out some of the old farm equipment.I tried to explain to the kids about how people used to live. How there was no air conditioning and the only heat they had came from a fire. There was no TV, no video games, no computers, etc. I'm not sure they were understanding yet maybe next time we visit they will.
Here is a picture of another view. I'm actually not really sure where we were for this one other than the smokey mountains......ha! We visited so many places its hard to keep track now.We took another hike up to Laurel Falls. This one was a little longer, but not all straight up hill. But notice here that Chris is carrying Andrew.....yes, I still wised up and kept the back pack carrier with Joey.We finally made it to the Falls. Not quite what I was expecting, but it was still really beautiful.A family picture in front of the falls.Maw Maw and Pa Paw and the kids in front of the falls.On the way back down, Adriana had to keep stopping and posing for pictures. Of course with the beautiful scenery, momma couldn't help but oblige and take the pictures :)Andrew had to join in on the picture taken but he just chose to have his picture taken by big rocks. And thats the difference between boys and girls!!!!But he did stop for a big cheese while Daddy was carrying him back to the car.After our hike we stopped off for a picnic to help recharge ourselves.Which of course was near another creek. So heres the kids playing by the creek again.
I promise after this I am almost done with the pictures. I just have Cades Cove on Thursday and Friday left. I told you I took over 500 pictures. I won't bore you with all of them and its hard to choose my favorites when there are so many good ones. Hopefully only one more post.