Remembering

OK - so it's not the last of the vacation memories and since this is to serve as our digital scrapbook for our family I had to include some of the highlights of camping and show some of my son's fascination with American Indians (or is it just the bow and arrow?)

Jeremy fulfilled a life long dream to see a bear in the wild. Smokey Bear was wondering a trail in Cades Cove as we ventured by. We weren't super close but we could see what was going on and enjoy the little guy for a while. Lucy said "I've wanted to see a real bear my whole life too!" I'm glad her 3 year old dream came true. We saw three rainbows, smoking mountains, a snail, several deer, and a "real" mountain river. We also got to go on a hike, roast marshmellows and endure a night of torential downpours (Thank you, Duct Tape for your ability to mend rain-flys even in a monsoon.)

One of the highlights was exploring the Indian village in Cherokee, NC where we learned about pottery, basket weaving, dancing, musical instruments AND weapons. Samuel was fascinated and at every station where a guide explained about Indian ways and then asked, "does anyone have a question?,"of course, Samuel had atleast one question for everything. He loved it and asked for a bow and arrow to which we finally agreed he could have (I guess it was better than the dart gun!)

Lucy in the meeting house.Lucy standing with brother while we learn about Indian life.
The blow gun/dart gun at work - Samuel LOVED it and wanted to know what animals he could kill with it!
Learning to shoot while at the camp site.
Teaching sister