Smoky Mountains - Monday, April 6, 2009

We took it easy this morning and just hung out in the cabin. It was a cool day with the temperatures falling throughout the day. Today's high was 63 but I'm sure that occurred early in the morning. The temperature has fallen throughout the day and is now in the low 30s (It's 11:00 pm as I write this). In fact we're under a winter storm warning for tonight.

We decided to visit Ripleys Aquarium of the Smokies today. We spent close to 3 hours there and really enjoyed it! The displays are very well done and we saw many cool things including sharks, stingrays, and jellyfish. We went to Wendy's for lunch and then came back to the cabin for a quiet afternoon.

Tonight we celebrated Sydney's 10th birthday. We had a spaghetti supper with birthday cake and ice cream for dessert. Sydney opened a few gifts. We watched some TV, played some pool, and sat in the hot tub. Of course, it's also opening day of baseball so that was on the TV quite a bit. It's the final four championship game so that's what the guys are watching right now.