July 2011 - Family Vacation

Day 1 - our first look at a bear visiting our cabin.

AWESOME time away!  Our time in the mountains was like no other with our frequent visitors!  I don't think we will wait so long to take another vacation. 


Our rental suv was awesome - RJ and Victor both had their own seat.  
We started our trip on July 16 - Nate & Stacy, and kids drove with us.  We stopped in Berea for the night.  Had a nice pool.  Next morning - RJ woke up Dylan for an early morning workout.  

This is the SUV to the left.

The girls and Vic getting ready to take off from the hotel for the last part of the trip.  

Here are all of them - just before loading up.

Finally, Sunday, July 17th - we made it to "Angel Haven", in the mountain above Gatlinburg.  We were the first ones there - the kids found a door unlocked so we were able to get in before anyone else arrived.

  

This is the back yard - looking out over the mountain.

We had a hot tub on the top deck - the first evening relaxing and looking out over the mountains.

Ayla arrived!  Wanted to join in the fun.

While waiting on supper the first night there - we all walked down to the tennis courts at the club house.  The kids had a game of volleyball over the tennis net.   

Yummy Chicken.

Alex - the BBQ master 

Alex had Dale and John working on the sides for the meal!

Victor looking pretty intense.

We celebrated Dylan's B-day the first night there!  15!!!!!!!


This was all in day 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

More later!