Wednesday, July 18--Dollywood's Splash Country and Mini Golf!

On Wednesday we decided to do the touristy thing and went to Dollywood Splash Country and miniature golfing. The funny thing is that we didn't get a chance to take good pictures at Splash Country because water was everywhere and we kept the camera locked up! Around 4 a thunderstorm rolled in--it was actually pretty cool because we saw it roll in over the mountains because the park was in a valley. We waited it out hoping it would clear, but it didn't. The temp. dropped like 15 degrees in 10 minutes--both Matt and I were thinking the same thing--when will the tornado hit? Because when the temp drops that fast in Iowa, a tornado is bound to happen. But, of course, this is TN and so it was just a cool-looking thunderstorm. Our day was cut a bit short but that's all right. As you can tell from the pic, Riggs was done, and Matt was a little rosy!

We then headed back to our cabin but had to make a pit stop at Glade's home made candies! Riggs finally got the caramel apple he'd been wanting all summer!

 Matt got his FAV--fruit slices! Kate got peanut butter sticks and I got peanut brittle! We were set! We headed to the cabin to snack and hot tub for awhile!

Then, later we headed out on the Gatlinburg Trolley to do mini golf downtown. Riggs picked the mini golf on the mountainside--a great choice! Matt and I got a hole in one on the same green!

 The kids were looking like serious mini golfers at the top of the mountain--downtown Gatlinburg is below. It was a great night for it and such a lovely view!