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Orange Beach,Alabama, Alabama, United States

(16) TRIP TAKEN MAY 14, 2004 FRIDAYI COULD NOT WAIT TO GET HERE. WE WERE RUNNING LATEE...BUT FINALLY WE MADE IT. OF COURSE, IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT! I ALWAYS GET BUTTERFLIES AS I COME UPON THE WHITE SANDS OF ORANGE BEACH AND THEN DRIVING UP TO SUGAR BEACH CONDO'S! WE DID SOMETHING WE DO NOT USUALLY DO ON OUR TRIP AND THAT IS EAT IN. I HAD MADE SPAGHETTI SAUCE BEFORE WE LEFT AND FROZE IT. WE KEPT IT IN A COOLER ON THE WAY DOWN. ONE OF THE NIGHTS WE HAD SPAGHETTI, SALAD, AND CANDLE LIGHT ON THE BALCONY. YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HOW CLOSE THE SEA GULLS WERE FLYING COMING TO CHECK OUT THE SMELL OF OUR SPAGHETTI. WE WERE NOT SUPPOSE TO FEED THE SEA GULLS FROM THE BALCONY'S. SO WE DID NOT. WE DID BRING SOME UNBUTTERED POPCORN WITH US SO WE COULD FEED THEM. THIS WE DID. WE EVEN ATE PIZZA IN THE FIRST NIGHT. I REALLY LIKE DOING THIS BECAUSE I GET TO PLAY MORE GIN RUMMY! IN FACT, WE TIED...NEITHER OF US LOST OR WON! THIS WAS ANOTHER WONDERFUL TRIP AT SUGAR BEACH. I HAD RATHER BE HERE THAN ANY WHERE ELSE. THANK YOU LORD AGAIN FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR ALLOWING US TO COME TO THE BEACH ONE MORE TIME. THIS IS MY VERY FAVORITE CONDO. IT IS WELL KEPT, VERY CLEAN, THE OWNERS THOUGHT OF EVERYTING! IT HAS SO MANY SHELVES FOR EVERY THING TO HAVE A PLACE. THE BED IS VERY COMFORTABLE. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE COLORS AND DECORATIONS IN THIS CONDO. I WOULD NOT ASK FOR ANYTHING BETTER...IT SEEMS SO PERFECT. I HAVE WONDERFUL MEMORIES AT SUGAR BEACH AND MADE BEAUTIFUL ONES HERE. I GOT TO SEE SO MANY DIFFERENT BIRDS THIS TRIP. SPEAKING OF BIRDS...IT IS SO WONDERFUL WAKING UP IN THE MORNING AND HEARING THE SQUAWKING OF THE SEA GULLS. SUGAR BEACH ALSO HAS THEIR LITTLE SPARROWS THAT LIVE AROUND HERE. I JUST LOVE THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS HERE AT SUGAR BEACH...ORANGE BEACH, ALABAMA. THE PLACE OF WHITE BEAUTIFUL SAND. HERE'S HOPING WE WILL BE BACK AGAIN...VERY SOON...THE LORD WILLING. THANK YOU, FATHER! ALL GOOD GIFTS COME FROM GOD AND THIS IS ONE OF HIS BEST HE HAS GIVEN HUBBY AND I!!
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Danville, Alabama, United States

(58)  OCTOBER 16-17 2009I FOUND WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR IN THIS TRIP TO THE ECHOTA CHEROKEE INDIAN POWWOW.  WOW WOULD DESCRIBE THIS TRIP ... BUT THE WORD WONDEROUS DESCRIBES THIS TRIP EVEN BETTER!  WE STAYED THE NIGHT BEFORE AT THE COUNTRY HEARTH INN AND SUITES.  THE ROOM WAS VERY CLEAN AND WARM THE BED WAS VERY COMFORTABLE AND I LOVE THE BIG SHOWER.  THE STAFF WAS VERY FRIENDLY.  i BEAT THE SOCKS OFF OF HUBBY IN GIN RUMMY!  WE, ALSO, ATE IN HARTSELLE ATRYANS.  THE FOOD WAS EXCELLENT!  THE TOWN OF HEARTSELLE IS OLD TOWNISH AND QUAINT.   ALL IN ALL THIS MADE FOR A GREAT TRIP!  WE LEFT OUT EARLY IN ORDER TO GET THERE IN TIME FOR THE GRAND ENTRANCE.  I REALLY CAN NOT ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE IN WORDS WHAT I WAS FEELING THROUGH THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE.  THE PEOPLE WERE LOVING;SO FRIENDLY.  YOU KNOW...I FOUND MYSELF AT TIMES...WELL I JUST DO NOT KNOW HOW TO TELL THIS.  THE WAY THE WHOLE POWWOW WAS SET UP IT WAS LIKE YOU COULD HAVE BEEN IN AN INDIAN VILLAGE ALONG THE WATER...OH THE SOUNDS ...EVERYONE INTERACTING WITH ONE ANOTHER.  THE SMELLS; THE CRAFTS; THE CLOTHES; THE DANCES; THE MUSIC ALL FROM ANOTHER TIME.  THE WEATHER WAS PRETTY COOL SO ALL WAS WONDERFUL.  THAT IS UNLESS YOU DIDN'T BRING A WARM JACKET.  THE LAND WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.  I AM SO GLAD WE WENT!  GOING BACK!  LORD WILLING...
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Huntsville, Alabama, United States

(53) AUGUST 23, 2009YOU KNOW?  WE TOOK LITTLE BIT INTO HUNTSVILLE WHILE MOM ANDDAD TOOK IN A WELL DESERVED MOVIE BY THEMSELVES.  SO, WEWENT TO THE BIG SPRINGS PARK.  THIS IS WHERE JESSEE JAMESROBBED THE BANK.  HE HAD TO JUMP OFF A CLIFF INTO THE WATERTO BE ABLE TO GET AWAY.   IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO TAKE IN ALL WHAT THE PARK HAD TO OFFER.  WE FED THE DUCKS AND FISH.  THESE ARE THE BIGGEST FISH I HAVE SEEN ANYWHERE EXCEPT FOR THE ONES WE SAW AT THE AQUARIUM IN GATLINBURG, TENNESSEE.  THEY ARE VERY PRETTY FISH.  IT HAS SOME OF THE UGLIEST DUCKS, TOO!  THEY, ALSO, HAD BONGO PLAYERS.  PEOPLE WERE SITTING, HAVING PICNICS, TALKING, SKATING, LAYING ON BLANKETS, WALKING AROUND (JUST LIKE US), AND STILL OTHERS WALKING WITH THEIR PETS.  ALL SEEMED TO BE ENJOYING THEMSELVES JUST LIKE US.  LITTLE SWEETHEART WAS TAKING IT ALL IN; FEEDING THE DUCKS AND FISH, WATCHING THE PEOPLE, WAVING TO PEOPLE SAYING HI.  PEOPLE WOULD JUST MAKE OVER HER.  WE WERE (COULDN'T HELP OURSELVES) BEAMING WITH PRIDE AND JOY.  SHE IS A SWEETHEART!  SHE LOVED FEEDING THE FISH AND THE BIRDS; RUNNING AND THEN CLIMBING SOME OF THE STEPS; SITTING ON THE STEPS LISTENING TO THE BONGO PLAYERS.  SHE EVEN SIT THERE ON THE STEPS AS LONG AS WE SIT THERE NOT EVEN OFFERING TO START CLIMBING THEM.  OF COURSE, SHE ATETHE BREAD AS SHE FED THE FISH AND THE DUCKS.  THEN, AFTER WE LEFT THE PARK WE TOOK HER TO THE A&W ROOT BEER.  I HAD BOUGHT HER A WHAT YOU CALL "A BABY  ROOT BEER MUG".  SO KNOWING WE WERE GOING THERE AFTER LEAVING THE PARK; I GRABBED THE MUG BEFORE WE LEFT.  I HAVE WAITED TWO YEARS FOR THIS VERY MOMENT.  WATCHING HER DRINK ROOT BEER OUT OF HER LITTLE MUG.  OF COURSE, IT BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES OF WATCHING AND HELPING HER DAD DRINK ROOT BEER. BACK THENYOU COULD BUY LITTLE CHILDREN ROOT BEER IN ONE OF THESE LITTLE  FROSTED MUGS.  WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME.  WE HAD THISDAY.  THANK YOU, FATHER!!
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Huntsville, Alabama, United States

(54) SEPTEMBER 4, 2009REALLY WE HAVE BEEN TO THIS MOUNTAIN OVER AND OVER AGAIN BUT NEVER WITH OUR LITTLE GRAND-DAUGHTER.  WE REALLY HAD A GOOD TIME.  WE DID SLIDES, TEETER TOTER, AND I DO NOT EVEN KNOW THE NAMES OF THE OTHER ONES.  SHE LOVED THE SQUIRRELS.  THEY WERE EVERYWHERE.  I WAS SURPRISED AT THE DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE DURING THE DAY TIME HOURS.  IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY.  THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT...IT WAS WARM AND YET THERE WAS SHADE EVERYWHERE.  WE WENT TO THE OUT DOOR THEATER.  WE LOOKED AT THE NEW LODGE.  PICNIC TABLES WERE CLEAN.  THE WHOLE AREA WAS VERY WELL KEPT.  THE TRASH WAS , EVEN, COVERED.  WE WENT TO THE SONIC BEFORE GOING TO MONTE SANO STATE PARK AND PICKED UP SOME LUNCH.  WE ATE IT UP THERE ON THE MOUNTAIN.  THERE ARE CABINS, CAMPING SPOTS, ALSO. IT WOULD BE FUN STAYING IN ONE OF THE CABINS LATE IN THE FALL.  THEY HAVE FIREPLACES, AS FAR AS I KNOW.  WE WILL CHECK IT OUT.  THANK YOU FATHER FOR THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD YOU HAVE CREATED FOR US...AND FOR THE BEAUTIFUL GRAND-DAUGHTER WE GET TO ENJOY!.
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Bell Buckle, Tennessee, United States

(55) SEPTEMBER 5, 2009WE DECIDED TO GO TO THE BBQ COOK OFF IN BELL BUCKLE TENNESSEE.   THERE WAS SOME PRETTY GOOD BBQ AND BAKED BEANS.  OUR SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND OUR LITTLE GRAND-DAUGHTER RODE WITH US.  THIS WAS A WONDERFUL SHORT TRIP FOR US AND AN ADDED BONUS OF THEM DECIDING TO GO.  WE LEFT OUT AROUND 9:OO.  WE STOPPED IN FAYETTEVILLE FOR SOME BREAKFAST AT MCDONALD'S.  WE KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE AFTER 12:3O BEFORE WE WOULD GET TO EAT. WE FIRST WALKED THE SIDEWALK IN BELL BUCKLE.  THEN FOUND THE COOK OFF BACK BEHIND THE BELL BUCKLE SHOPS.  THEN WE BOUGHT OUR TICKETS.  GOT STAMPED THEN WALKED AROUND THE GROUNDS.  IT WAS FUN WATCHING THE CONTESTANTS GETTING THEIR FOOD READY FOR THE JUDGES. THEN IT WAS TIME TO GET IN LINE AND PRESENT OUR TICKETS AND EAT!  IT SEEMED THE SERVING LINE CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES OR SO AFTER WE GOT OUR FOOD.  THE LINE DID MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY..  THE MUSIC THERE WAS REALLY GOOD.  THEY HAD A CLOGGER GROUP AND SOME PRETTY LITTLE GIRLS WHO DID THE BEST OF THE BUTTS RAP. I  KNOW THAT THERE WAS AT LEAST TWO MORE PLAYING AND SINGING GROUPS WHO PERFORMED.  ALSO, A VERY CUTE PINK PIG MASCOT ROAMED AROUND FOR THE LITTLE CHILDREN'S DELIGHT AND A BIG SCARECROW WAS THERE WHO, ALSO,  MADE THE ROUNDS.  WE WERE IN LINE WAITING TO EAT WHEN WE HEARD THE PIG CALLING CONTEST.  WE DIDNOT SEE THE CONTESTANTS BUT IT FUNNY JUST LISTENING TO THEM DOING THE SOUNDS.  THE BARBECUE AND FIXIN'S (BAKED BEANS AND DESSERTS WHICH WERE MADE WITH DICKELS WHISKEY) WERE ALL SERVED IN LITTLE CUPS.  DRINKS (WATER) WERE COLD.  BELL BUCKLES SHOPS AND STORES WERE ALL OPEN.  SO, YOU COULD GET SHOP AND JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO EAT OR DRINK WHILE THERE.  MOON PIES: CHOCOLATE VANILLA AND PEANUT BUTTER ,OF COURSE, WERE THERE TO PURCHASE.  YOU DON'T GO TO BELL BUCKLE AND HAVE A MOON PIE WITHOUT A RC COLA!   INSTEAD OF CHAIRS TO SIT ON YOU COULD SIT ON HAY.  IT WAS FUN TO DO AND REALLY CREATED A GREAT ATMOSPHERE FOR ENJOYMENT.  THE TRAIN WENT BY SEVERAL TIMES.  YOU COULD HEAR IT  AND WE MANAGED TO GET TO THE TRACKS FOR THE GRAND-BABY TO SEE IT, AGAIN.  SHE LOVES IT!  SHE DOES NOT TAKE HER EYES OFF OF THE TRAIN UNTIL THE LAST CAR IS GONE.  THE ENGINEERS ALWAYS WAVE.  THE LAST PLACE WE VISITED WAS AT THE BLUEBIRD ICECREAM PARLOR.  I ENJOYED A CHOCOLATE MALT AND SWEETIE DEVOURED A CHILDS CUP OF STRAWBERRY AND CREAM...ICECREAM.  THIS LITTLE ONE JUST SEEMS TO BRIGHTEN UP SO MANY PEOPLES DAY EVERYWHERE WE GO.  THANKS FATHER FOR ALL THE TALENT THAT WE WITNESSED AND THE GOOD FOOD WE ATE TODAY!
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Franklin, Tennessee, United States

(56) SEPTEMBER 11, 2009THIS WAS A MEMORY MAKING TRIP.  IT IS RARE THAT WE ARE NOT PLEASED WHERE WE STAY BUT ONCE WE GOT THERE AND CHECKED IN WE FIND OUT THE AIR CONDITIONING IN OUR ROOM DOESN'T WORK.  SO WE WERE GIVEN ANOTHER KEY TO A ROOM TWO BUILDINGS AWAY TO FIND NO PILLOWS ON THE BED AND STUFF ALL OVER THE EATING COUNTER.  IT WAS OBVIOUS THIS ROOM WAS BEING USED BY SOMEONE(S) FOR SOMETHING ELSE.  WE WOUND UP STAYING IN THE ROOM NEXT TO THE ORIGINAL ROOM WE FIRST WERE GIVEN.  THE ROOMS HAVE KITCHEN UNITS WHICHWAS NICE HAVING EVEN THOUGH WE DID NOT COME TO COOK.  THE TV IN THE ROOM WAS BIG AND WE DID ENJOY IT. THE GROUNDS OF HOMESTEAD WAS QUITE PRETTY.  ALSO, HOMESTEAD IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE MALLS.  THIS IS A PERFECT PLACE TO BE IF YOU WANT TO DO ALOT OF SHOPPING.  LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS A NIGHT OF GIN RUMMY.  GUESS WHAT WE TIED...I HELD MY OWN.  WE ENJOYED DINNER OUT AND EACH OTHER.  WE BOTH DECIDED WE PROBABLY WILL NOT BE COMING BACK TO HOMESTEAD, THOUGH.   WE WENT TO THE CRACKER BARREL IN THIS AREA...SO GOOD!  THANKS FATHER FOR THE MEMORIES AND BE WITH THE FAMILIESOF THE FALLEN IN NEW YORK CITY, 2001 ON THIS SAME DATE.
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Moundvillle, Alabama, United States

(57) OCTOBER 10, 2009I AM PART CHEROKEE INDIAN BUT I HAVE ONLY BEEN AROUND MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY.  I AM NOW A MEMBER OF THE ECHOTA TRIBE OF ALABAMA.  SO, NATURALLY I WANT TO FIND MY HERITAGE.  I WANTED TO GO TO THIS AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL.  I WANTED TO BE AROUND INDIANS.  MY EXCITEMENT LEVEL WAS AT 100%. EVEN AS WE WALKED TO THE FESTIVITIES, WHAT I WAS EXPECTING WAS NOT THERE.  WE SAW ONE LITTLE LADY WHO EVEN REMOTELY LOOKED INDIAN.  SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS CHOCTAW. I AM 6% CHOCTAW INDIAN.  SHE MAY HAVE BEEN IN HER MID-EIGHTIES.  SHE WAS SELLING INDIAN NECKLACES. ALSO, THERE WERE INDIANS IN THE DANCE.   SURELY THERE WAS MORE INDIAN BLOOD THERE THAN WHAT I KNEW ABOUT.  THEN ON THE WAY HOME, I REALIZED THAT I AM 14%. SO, TRUE FULL-BLOODED INDIANS AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS MIGHT BE RARE, NOW DAYS,  ANYWAY.  PROBABLY SOME FULL BLOODED INDIANS WOULD BE LIVING ON THE RESERVATIONS.  THE TRIP WAS A GOOD ONE.  THE PEOPLE WE WERE AROUND WERE VERY NICE.  THEIR WAS A YOUNG WOMAN THERE WITH HER CHILDREN WHO LOOKED INDIAN.SHE EXPLAINED TO US WHAT THE MOUNDS WERE.  THOSE HIGHER UP IN STANDING IN THE TRIBE HAD THEIR HOME BUILT ON A MOUND.  THE CHIEF WOULD HAVE HIS HOME ON THE HIGHEST MOUND.  THEY HAD STORY TELLING HERE AND WE LISTENED TO A STORY ABOUT THE EAGLE. AND THE RABBIT.  WE ATE A VERY GOOD HOT DOG WHILE THERE WE WERE NOT TO HUNGRY BECAUSE WE HAD A BIG BREAKFAST.. THEY HAD WATER ON THE LAND AND WALKING TRAILS.  THE MUSEUM WAS CLOSED FOR RENOVATION.  WE ALSO WATCHED A YOUNG MAN MAKING ARROW HEADS WHICH WAS VERY FUN TO WATCH.  ALSO, THERE WAS BASKET WEAVING BEING DONE.  WE ENJOYED WATCHING AND LISTENING TO THE MAN WITH HIS FALCONS.  SORRY TO SAY, EVEN THOUGH,  IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.  AGAIN, WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR WAS NOT THERE.  I WILL SEE.  HUBBIES INTEREST SURPRISED ME!  WE WILL BE GOING TO MY TRIBES POWWOW.  WILL I FIND WHAT I AM SEARCHING FOR THERE?  I DO NOT KNOW  .
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Birmingham, Alabama, United States

(  ) JULY 3-4, 2002  THIS IS A TIME OF GOODNESS FROM THE LORD...ALL IS WELL AND THE  KIDS ARE FINE.  AGAIN, JUST GETTING AWAY BY OURSELVES... AWAY FROM THE NORM.   WE CHECKED IN THE HOTEL.  THEN WENT TO THE U CHINA BUFFET TO EAT DINNER.  THE FOOD WAS REALLY GOOD.  THE WE HEADED BACK TO THE ROOM TO START OUR EVENING TOGETHER.THIS HOTEL IS REALLY LOVELY.  WHAT WE DID NOT UNDERSTAND; THIS WAS THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY AND THE HOTEL WAS VIRTUALLY EMPTY (NOT THAT I MINDED, ALMOST, JUST THE TWO OF US).  THE GROUNDS WERE VERY WELL KEPT.   THE ROOM VERY CLEAN.  ANYWAY WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME.  WE WALKED THE GROUNDS.  THIS HOTEL WAS ON A HILL SO IT WAS HIGH UP.  AT THE END OF OUR CORRIDOR WAS A LARGE PICTURE WINDOW.  WE SAW SOME GOOD FIREWORKS FROM THERE.  WE PLAYED GIN RUMMY AND GUESS WHO WON...ME, YEAH!!  THE NEXT MORNING WE ATE BREAKFAST.  THEN WE CHECKED OUT AND  HEADED TO THE BOTANICAL GARDENS.  BESIDES SEEING ALL OF THE PLANTS AND SOME WILD LIFE WE, ALSO, TOOK ONE OF THE TRAILS.  THE GARDENS WERE VERY PRETTY.  WHAT I LIKED THE MOST THERE WAS THIS HUGH ALOE PLANT.  THENWE HEADED ON HOME.  ANOTHER WONDERFUL SHORT TRIP FOR TWO SENIORS!  THANKS, FATHER! 
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee, United States

(7) TRIP TAKEN JUNE 6, 2002 - THURSDAY WE JUST WANTED TO SPEND A DAY AND NIGHT FROM HOME TO BREAK UP THE SUMMER SO WE TOOK OFF TO SEE THE BOTANICAL GARDENS IN NASHVILLE. I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY IT. IT WAS JUNE SO NOT TO MANY FLOWERS WERE IN BLOOM LIKE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE SPRING. THE GARDENS WERE WELL KEPT AND PRETTY. WE HAD AN INTERESTING DAY AND WE ATE GOOD FOOD. HUMMM...CHINESE FOOD! YES, WE PLAYED CARDS (I BEAT THE SOCKS OFF HIM, TOO), ATE CHOCOLATE AND SNACKED ON PORK SKINS! WE LOVED THE DAYS INN. THE ROOM IN ITSELF WAS VERY PRETTY. SPANISH DECOR. IT HAD A VERY CLEAN POOL. WE STOPPED AND HAD LUNCH IN SHELBYVILLE, TN. ON THE WAY HOME. HOPE TO GO BACK, AGAIN SOMETIME. THANK YOU LORD FOR THIS TRIP OF REFRESHING!
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

(6)TRIP TAKEN DECEMBER 7, 2001 - FRIDAY WE HAD SO MUCH FUN IN NASHVILLE! THERE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE SUCH EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR EVERY TIME WE GO. I HAVE WANTED TO EAT AT THE RAIN FOREST CAFÉ EVERY SINCE I HEARD ABOUT IT. IT WAS DIFFERENT AND THE FOOD WAS FIT FOR A KING. NO WAY TO EAT ALL OF YOUR FOOD THAT THEY PUT ON YOUR PLATE. IT WAS DELICIOUS! I THINK I HAD AS MUCH FUN WATCHING THE CHILDREN AS BEING THERE. FOR SOME REASON, THIS SMALL RESTAURANT REMINDED ME OF DISNEY WORLD TAKING THE BOAT RIDES. I GUESS BECAUSE OF THE ANIMATED LIFE LIKE ANIMALS THERE. IT ALSO HAD IT'S OWN GIFT SHOP. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD BEEN IN THE OPRY MILLS MALL. WE SAW THE (CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE SHOP)STORE THAT YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN PERSONALIZED TEDDY BEAR. WE SAT IN THOSE MASSAGE CHAIRS...WONDERFUL. SO MANY NEAT STORES. WE WENT INTO THE PRO BASS SHOP...IT WAS HUGH AND ALL OF THE LIVE FISH GAVE YOU A FEELING OF BEING AT AN AQUARIUM. WE, ALSO, HAD A WONDERFUL TIME OF CARD PLAYING AND SNACKING. THANK YOU LORD FOR A TIME OF REFRESHING!
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