Nashville/Fall Creek Falls

We spent a few days visiting friends in Nashville and then we went to Fall Creek Falls, TN for a family vacation. We got to see our friends Will and Linda Frye who we knew from Indianapolis but they recently moved to Nashville to retire. We met our good friends Frank and Andrea Spiceland and their three boys at the Frye's house and spent a few days there catching up and playing a lot of chicken leg! Tyler loved seeing JD and Josiah again and Loralai and Jeremiah got along really well. In fact Loralai tried to kiss Jeremiah a couple of times, and he didn't seem to mind!

After our visit we headed over to Fall Creek Falls. We rode horses, saw waterfalls and got to sleep right next to the lake....in the morning we would wake up and walk right out to the lake, it was really beautiful. Tyler rode a horse by himself and did a great job hanging on. We also got to go to a snake show put on by the park and Tyler got to touch one of the big snakes.

I don't know how to flip the picture around, but the picture of me, Drew, and Tyler was taken after we drove to the main waterfall, seen above right. We drove, then walked about 10 minutes to the lookout point. Loralai was asleep in the car....no of course we didn't leave her alone! Tyler said he liked riding his horse but that the one in front of him kept pooping and he didn't like that. Loralai is still a little young to ride a horse but in a few years we will get her on one. I enjoyed it for about the first 30 minutes. I told Drew I was pretending like I was in a romance novel. Then after 30 minutes I was drenched in sweat and my knees were really sore and the romance ended and I was ready to get off. I didn't say this to anyone, I didn't want to whine, and if I had the opportunity I would definitely ride a horse again!