Last weekend was amazing!! I should have played the lottery :-)
This is how everything played out.
Saturday morning, I got up and got some last minute things done. I made some muffins and got some things prepared for Sunday. When I met up with JV, she wanted to get some breakfast. We stopped by Chick-fil-a and ordered some food. When checking the bag, JV noticed that there was 2 chicken biscuits. We even checked our receipt. We scored an extra biscuit. Woohoo!!
We arrived in Pigeon Forge and went to the Wonderworks free teacher day. We received a goody bag with some free stuff as well. One of the fun things, beside pens and brochures, was a passport to the Rainforest Zoo for 4 people. We did just about all the activities. My favorite was the flight simulator. JV's was the ropes course. While we were there they took the requiste photo in front of a green screen. We were looking at the pictures at the end of the day. The sweet girl let us have them for free!! I think she took pity on us. \
After that, as part of the trip, we got a free ride in the hot air balloon. We arrived at dusk which was perfect. There was the setting sun and the clouds with the ferris wheel on one side and then farmland on the other.
We went to the hotel and JV needed some water. I wanted some chips so I went out to go to Kroger's to get some. While out there, I decided to get her some gluten-free cupcakes. I went to GiGi's cupcakes. They have amazing strawberry gluten-free cupcakes. When I got there, they didn't have any though. I thought about leaving but decided to ask anyway. She said "I don't have any today to sell to you, but I have some from yesterday that I can give to you for free" Whaaaaaaaa? Heck yeah!!
The next day, we went to Ripley's Aquarium. When we arrived we got another free goody bag. This one had a plastic water bottle. Some "dinosaur claws" and magnets and other accessories. We also got to see my favorite turtle. Sue the green sea turtle.
We then went to the Davey Crockett Mini-Golf. Jill won, of course. We then left for back to the big Johnson City, TN. I spent more than $10 on the hotel room and dinners and gas but it was well worth it.
This is how everything played out.
Saturday morning, I got up and got some last minute things done. I made some muffins and got some things prepared for Sunday. When I met up with JV, she wanted to get some breakfast. We stopped by Chick-fil-a and ordered some food. When checking the bag, JV noticed that there was 2 chicken biscuits. We even checked our receipt. We scored an extra biscuit. Woohoo!!
We arrived in Pigeon Forge and went to the Wonderworks free teacher day. We received a goody bag with some free stuff as well. One of the fun things, beside pens and brochures, was a passport to the Rainforest Zoo for 4 people. We did just about all the activities. My favorite was the flight simulator. JV's was the ropes course. While we were there they took the requiste photo in front of a green screen. We were looking at the pictures at the end of the day. The sweet girl let us have them for free!! I think she took pity on us. \
After that, as part of the trip, we got a free ride in the hot air balloon. We arrived at dusk which was perfect. There was the setting sun and the clouds with the ferris wheel on one side and then farmland on the other.
We went to the hotel and JV needed some water. I wanted some chips so I went out to go to Kroger's to get some. While out there, I decided to get her some gluten-free cupcakes. I went to GiGi's cupcakes. They have amazing strawberry gluten-free cupcakes. When I got there, they didn't have any though. I thought about leaving but decided to ask anyway. She said "I don't have any today to sell to you, but I have some from yesterday that I can give to you for free" Whaaaaaaaa? Heck yeah!!
The next day, we went to Ripley's Aquarium. When we arrived we got another free goody bag. This one had a plastic water bottle. Some "dinosaur claws" and magnets and other accessories. We also got to see my favorite turtle. Sue the green sea turtle.
We then went to the Davey Crockett Mini-Golf. Jill won, of course. We then left for back to the big Johnson City, TN. I spent more than $10 on the hotel room and dinners and gas but it was well worth it.
