Road Trip Day 3

Day 3 brought us to the whole reason for the trip. Zorbing. Mom took the 2 older boys. B only went for one of his 3 rides down the hill. N and mom went down all 3 turns. Mom said N was screaming and saying he didn't want to go again all the way down the hill and when the ball stopped, he said, "Let's go again!" Unfortunately when we went we didn't realize the only ride the kids were old enough for was the wet ride, and we didn't bring changes of clothes. After B decided he didn't want to go down again I told him it was good I am 5.5 months pregnant because mom might have wanted me to go down the hill too!! S and G were too little to go down the ball so S ran around and G and I sat and watched.

We pooped out a little after zorbing and came back to the hotel and ate snacks and Uncle M and Aunt V came to the hotel and visited for a little while. After that we hopped in the car and went to Gatlinburg and drove thru town. It was SO crowded and they were doing road construction. We didn't find anywhere near the Aquarium to park so we drove back down the road a few miles to the welcome center and rode the trolley for .50 cents a person to the Aquarium where we spent 90 dollars to get in, about 1.5 to 2 hours inside, ate a late lunch/early supper for 26 dollars and visited the gift shop. The kids LOVED the aquarium and had a lot of fun seeing the fish and sharks. It was pretty awesome for all of us. Not sure if it was worth 90 dollars, but I don't know if we will ever get the chance to go to another cool aquarium. The kids got a small amount of spending money from Grandma so they were allowed to get 1 thing from the gift shop (B got 2- a small penny purse keychain and a mood ring), and then we rode the trolley back to our car again. It was a very beautiful ride into Gatlinburg with all the trees and green.