Gatlinburg Recap

Well we had an awesome vacation in the mountains. It was so cold and windy two of the days that I couldn't get out and walk much in it because I was still fighting that crud and had a running nose.

We really didn't do all that much there. We shopped alot in all the furniture stores looking at log furniture and flooring and such getting ideas for our home.

Tuesday we went to Catalooche up near Maggie Valley, NC. This is where all the elk are. We only saw 5 but at least we saw some. That was one of the days that it was so old and windy. It was only about 33 up in the mountains. We got to see some snow that day. Wednesday we went Cades Cove and saw 105 deer. One of those deer we saw before daylight. We were traveling to Cades Cove and I was snoozing when Randal said hey look at this, it was big doe running in the middle of the road straight toward us. Randal slowed down but it kept running toward us and hit the side of the truck. He said it just brushed the truck but I heard her when she ran on it. It didn't hurt because Randal said he looked in his rearview window and she was still running. It didn't do any damage to the truck, you could just see where she had brushed on it. Randal just loves Cades Cove. I like it but he loves it. He had heard that there was a HUGE buck spotted in there that was bigger then any mule deer they had seen. So Thursday he kept saying he wanted to go back right at dark to see if he showed. I really didn't want to go back so I told him to go on and I would just hang out at the cabin and go down to the gym and walk on the treadmill abit. So that is what he did. He didn't see that huge buck though.

I know that ya'll aren't going to believe me but I only worked out 1 hour the whole week we were gone. Randal said that is a miracle. I only gained 4 pounds. I was very proud of myself practicing self control on going to the gym. We took lots of naps and went to bed early and boy did we do some eating and it wasn't just good food but bad food like bread, fudge, pancakes with lots of syrup and whip cream butter and pecans on it. It was awesome. We did go to the indoor water park at our resort one day for about an hour. The lazy river was warm but the pool was still too cool to get in so we got in the hot tub for awhile and I they had 2 water slides so I got on one. Randal was chicken so I had to go by myself. It was fun. The water that I came into was cold. I ran to the hot tub.

I'm ready to get back into a schedule and start eating better and exercising regularly ( not more just regularly Crystal). Since I was just told that I have acid reflux in my throat and that is why I've been sick for the last 4-5 months. I have to stay away from alot of foods that I love. I'm going to try to start that Monday and see if I start feeling better with that diet and the medicine that he gave me. Boy, it is going to be hard not to have the sweet tea but I'm going to try my best. I want to feel better. Hope everyone had a great week and has a great weekend. Enjoy the slideshow of our vacation.