Day at Dollywood

Our family buys season passes to Dollywood (which is about an hour away from our house) every OTHER year. They aren't cheap, and this has been our way to enjoy it but not be clobbered by the expense. 

Like many people, COVID messed that up. We bought the tickets and used them one time right before COVID hit. Then, we were a year out of all activities.

I called Dollywood and explained our situation. I told them that with my husband's job working in the Emergency Room we could not risk exposure and wouldn't be able to visit for a year. I asked them if they'd consider rolling our tickets over into the next year. They agreed to do it -- although I lost our "Big-a-Friend" passes which we really love. (We get two passes each to be used at various times of the year.)

However, we were SO thankful that they extended our passes for us. And yesterday, we finally went back. There were some mask policies in place, but otherwise, it felt like a little bit of "normal life" again for us. 

We took: Grama Joni, Jacob, and our friend Katy who homeschools with us for the day. It was a beautiful day (right under 80 degrees) and there were not really any lines the WHOLE day. We ended up staying from 10a-6p, when the park closed.

Here are some pictures we captured of our day. JB was sleeping because he was on nights, but we wanted to take an advantage of a Wednesday park opening when we were hoping the crowds would be low!

Katy with Hannah -- right before Hannah rode "The Eagle" for the first time. Hannah, who is finally the mandatory 50" to ride every ride at the park, tried every single ride! And she loved them all! In fact, she only stopped when she just started feeling too sick to ride anymore.

My boys

Jacob made the tea cups go SO FAST. I have no idea how these gals didn't barf.

Our group (with picture taken by Jacob)

And our group (with picture taken by Joni)

Thank GOODNESS we had Jacob with us to ride the "scrambler" with Hannah. She has to go with someone over 16, and every time I ride it and nearly throw up!!

Katy is a fellow dancer (INCREDIBLY talented!) and such a great role model for my young Abigail!