I really need to make time to get these blogs posts done sooner after they happen so I don't forget stuff!
Anyway, here's a continuation of our relaxing trip to Tennessee :o)
On Thursday, we decided to tour downtown Gatlinburg and do some of the more "touristy" things Gatlinburg has to offer. After finding parking, our first stop was the Hollywood Star Cars Museum. We were the only people in the museum so it was nice to go at our own pace and take whatever pictures we wanted. On our way back through to the exit, we ran into more people so we must've beat the rush.
Here are some pictures I took:
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| It's Herbie! |
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| If you look closely, you can see Bumblebee from Transformers. |
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| from one of Dave's favorite movies: Ghost Rider. |
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| It's Doc Brown and his famous Delorean! |
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| props from the movies |
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| more props; recognize any of them?? |
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| From one of Dad's favorite shows! |
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| this is the sign that's in the window; pretty cool! Oh, and I saw the autograph with my own eyes lol |
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| one of Michael Jackson's cars |
There were more cars/vehicles: M.A.S.H., Jurassic Park, Dolly Parton, Beach Boys, Jimmy Stewart, etc. (I'm just tired of downloading pictures! ;o) It was pretty cool, though.
On our way to the Guinness Book of World Records Museum, we passed the Ripley's Candy Factory. Reminded me of a place Tamara would love: walls and walls lined with colorful candy :o)
One of the records that has been set made me think about Bryan. Maybe he could try to beat it?? lol
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| largest collection of gnomes; crazy! |
There was an exhibit listing records that dealt with traffic tickets, car accidents, etc. Dave said, "Hey! That's a door off a VW bug!" What the?! How in the world would anyone be able to tell that?! Dave can. :o)
For lunch, we went to the Hard Rock Cafe. I'd never been to one, so that was kinda fun. Dave kept with his tradition and bought a t-shirt :o) Oh, and so you don't think he only bought himself souvenirs, he bought be a cute royal blue purse with my name embroidered on it! He's such a sweetheart!
After lunch, we went to the Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum. It is a collection of thousands and thousands and thousands of salt and pepper shakers of various shapes, sizes, and colors. It was pretty neat. Here are some pictures. Keep in mind that this is a very, very small sampling of the collection that we saw.
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| made me think of you, Mom & Dad ;o) |
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| i like these! |
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| appropriate for Atlanta |
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| brought back Germany memories |
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| one of my favorites :o) |
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| what is this?!? |
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| i love, love, love the conversation hearts! |
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| interesting. |
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| not the most appetizing to have sitting on your table... |
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| Mom, this one's for you! |
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| Jennifer, if they had some for sale this would be your birthday present from us LOL |
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| Holland! They had a bunch of windmills, too! |
We did a lot of walking on Thursday! It was nice, but it was even nicer to return to our hotel room and relax in the jacuzzi tub :o) What a vacation!
Still to be continued....
