We left Asheville Friday morning to make the short (3-hour) trip to Grassy Cove, Tennessee. We said that we’d be there around dinner time, so we decided to stop at the Knoxville Zoo (yet another freebie). It’s a really nice zoo but we were kind of getting zooed-out. The kids still had fun, and the highlight was the gorilla who was ticked off that he couldn’t go outside and kept hitting the door and running and sliding on the hay in his enclosure. We finally left the zoo at 5ish and drove the rest of the way to my brother and sister-in-law’s house. My mother and stepfather are also here so the kids have lots of people to entertain them.
Today we went to the Fiddlers’ Jamboree in Smithville, Tennessee. After listening to kids playing bluegrass music all day, Aliya has finally decided on her instrument for lessons next year – the violin. It was a fun day but SO HOT. I don’t remember when I’ve ever sweated that much in my life. We stopped for dinner on the way home and everyone is finally asleep again. Ahhhhh.
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