Home again.

We arrived home yesterday after a long drive. We left Smoky Mountain National Park at noon and made it home by 11pm. I'm tired this morning, since I get up at 6am with the kids - but I'm not complaining. We had a great trip.

Smoky Mountain is a beautiful park. We stayed in Pigeon Forge (which we've renamed "Pigeon on a Fork"). It's a terribly commercialized strip of neon and traffic - but the hotels are cheap. Unfortunately, you get what you pay for... and although they did ask if we'd like a wake-up call, they did not follow through. And the only clock in the hotel room read 2:32... always... but we didn't discover that until morning. After we'd missed the sunrise. Next time I'll set my cell phone alarm.

We did take a few shots of the park and I hope to have them posted within a few days. It will be a busy week, and I'd like to get the photos processed before I have more to work on.

We'll be leaving for Utah Thursday morning. I'm looking forward to it! :)