so we enjoyed brunch, beach, and the back of a plane

Last day in Key West in 2014.

so we waited at the airport and headed off for Key West

Christmas Day brought an amazing apple-pancake breakfast, courtesy of Colby (I really need to mentally wake up sooner so I can photograph such good things). After that, we took a drive to the airport so Dory and I could head to Key West for the rest of the holiday.

so we did the outdoors

Day 3, Dory and my last full day in Gatlinburg, brought with it a trip to Cherokee, North Carolina. Unfortunately, since it was Christmas Eve, there wasn’t a whole lot going on down there. Still, it takes more than the day before a holiday to close all of the trinket shops. And it takes even […]

so we saw wood carvings and exotic fish in the mountains

Day 2 in Gatlinburg took us to a wood carving place and the Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies.

so we went to dollywood

As in past years, the Greens spent the end of the year near the North Carolina-Tennessee border, this year in Gatlinburg. After crafting our Makeshift Mountain Menorah for the sixth night of Chanukah, we spent our first full day in the area at nearby Dollywood.