Our 4th of July (yes it's a lil late sorry)

Well while on our way to our destination this is what happens to us when we get a little bored.

"Cousin It" impersonations !

Maddie gave "it" a try

Even Abby joined in

Abby and I at a quick stop a Bass Pro got matching pink camo Bass Pro hats

Once we got to the North Carolina side of the Smokies we stopped to cool off our feet

Then while our feet were cooling some nice park rangers stopped to show us some stuff.

Like this Elk antler Eli is holding. Yes we were on the hunt for the elk we had heard of a few years before and found out that there we some in the North Carolina Mountains.

The Park Ranger was having some fun! =)

An Elk skull

And a Bear skull

And this is an elk hoof.

A REALLY COOL BUG THING!

And our first sighting of an elk and it was a baby one too!!! It was soooo cute!!!

Then we went on a short hike

Then as we were leaving the park we saw a few more adult elk.

Eli was a little tuckered out after all the elk excitement.

Our next stop was some viddles, inside they were blowing glass and made the stuff you see here and more.

This was the view from our table

It was really neat!!!!

Dinner was REALLY GOOD. Ain't nothin like some good ole BBQ!!!!! Mmmmmmm.MMMM!

Then Fireworks outside "The Stompin Grounds"

They were so beautiful!

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!