On Vacation!!!

  Happy Easter!  We started our morning in South Bend, Indiana. We had a lazy morning at the hotel before we ventured out to meet some of our DesJardin Family cousins for Easter lunch! Here are your "who ate what?" photos: We had planned to go to the Indiana Dinosaur Museum today, but they were closed for the holiday.  We thought about stopping in Chicago, but decided we really just wanted to relax today :). So, we skipped the mall and Chicago museums and headed straight for our hotel in Milwaukee.  We made a quick trip to IKEA,  then we spent the evening hurkle-durkling, watching some tv, and playing games.  Tomorrow is the last leg of the trip home.  You can find our trip album on Google Photos Here. Today's State Count (3): Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin Trip State Count (11): Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin

  Our first stop this morning was at Mammoth Cave National Park. We contemplated so many of the tours, and ultimately decided that we would just do the self guided tour this time around. (Primarily because we weren't exactly sure when we would arrive!) When we have more time and are not just passing through, we will plan on some of the other tours.  There was a little bit of disappointment from Dane today. He didn't do his research on this stop and was not happy to hear that Mammoth Cave did not in fact have any mammoths. However after exploring the cave, he did still give it a 9/10.  Then we hit the road! Our next stop was the Indianapolis Children's Museum. We had forgotten about the change in time zones and ran into a little bit of traffic, so we only had an hour to explore. They have a pretty amazing "Dinosphere" We will be back another time to explore more of the museum exhibits! Our final stop for the day before heading to our hotel was the Uranus Fudge Shop...

  We started this morning in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Our first stop this morning was at Rock City. The road up to Look Out Mountain brought us back into Georgia.  There were some skinny passes to go through as we hiked around the gardens and a lot of gnomes were out and about. The lookout was amazing..... You could see 7 different states! So many cool things to see... including some bridges, caves, and waterfalls! You'll have to check out our photo album (linked at the bottom of the post to see more!) I would definitely recommend this place if you are in the area.  Then, we drove to the Earth Experience, the Middle Tennessee Museum of Natural History.  This neat little museum had a TON of specimens from the Baisch Ranch! We had an opportunity to talk with some of the paleontologists there. They do most of their digging in Glendive, and Marge donated a number of specimens to their museum.  Then we drove to Horse Cave, Kentucky. (With a stop at Buc-ees again of co...