We took two days to drive to Florida for vacation stopping along the way to visit different spots. On the first day, we drove through Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg to the Great Smoky Mountains. Sean, Mr. Gutteridge, and I climbed to the top of Clingman's Dome. From the top of the mountain, you can see all of the way to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg as well as stand in two states at once! We actually had one foot in Tennessee and one in North Carolina. Of course, we completed a geocache while we were there. : )
North Carolina & Tennessee at the same time
The observation tower on top of Clingman's Dome
The next day, we stopped for lunch in Savannah, Georgia. We ate at The Lady and Sons, which is owned by Paula Deen, cookbook author, former Food TV cook, and famous for cooking with butter. It was a delicious soul food buffet of ribs, fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, green beans, creamed corn, collard greens, and black eyed peas. My favorite dishes were the black eyed peas and mashed potatoes. Next door to the restaurant, there is a gift shop. We bought bars of chocolate in the shape of sticks of butter!
Chocolate butter???
We stayed the night in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Mr. Gutteridge and I took a sunrise walk on the beach. I was surprised to see so many people at the beach at 7 o'clock in the morning. While we were walking, I made a little friend.
He was trying to catch the surf and get back out to the ocean. So, I didn't do anything to stop him on his quest.
It was a beautiful morning that we had hoped to cap off with watching a rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center. Unfortunately, they changed the time of the launch and we couldn't wait or I would miss my photos with Anna and Elsa at the Magic Kingdom.
I'll post about our trip to Disney World tomorrow.
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