When You Go Into the Woods Today....

Tuesday August 2nd, 2011 I was out and about early in the morning.  We'd had plans to go see the Smurf Movie later in the afternoon and as a themed treat I decided  to surprise my two DDs with McDonalds for lunch.  As I was pulling out the local radio station announced one of those "Be The 1 million caller and win!" contest.  Eh... what the heck... figured I was in the car anyway.  Turns out I WON!!

I was pretty excited. Ended up winning some tickets to a place called Holiday World in Santa Claus,  IN.  When my sister got home she shared in my enthusiasm and we decided it was a perfect day for a spontaneous trip.  After  quite a bit of deliberation we figured IN was a little far away.  So we thought and we thought and we thought some more.... I'm sure the room was filled with smoke from brain overload.  Eventually we settled on going to Montgomery Bell State Park. 

We got a pretty decent rate and from start to finish  we were out the door in less than the time it takes someone to deliver a pizza.

Montgomery Bell State Park is about 30-45 minutes away from where we live.  So we had a very light and pleasant drive.  My sister wasn't overtly thrilled that I had brought Josefina with me on the trip and so she was being a party pooper and denying me my car photo opt.  Well that's ok I had a back up plan anyway.

We get there and its a lovely park. Pull up to the lodge and end up getting a room on the 6th floor.  Each room comes with either a balcony or a porch and over looks the Harpeth River.  The rooms were very spacious and it was a thrill to open the door and gaze straight through the room and out upon that view! And we had two whole nights of this.

This was a no fuss vaca so we decided to definitely take it easy. We played a bit at the hotel and then ventured out in search of the elusive snack.  After having obtained a hardy supply of snackage from the local grocers (so obvious we were tourist as we snickered at the lack of certain products we'd come to take for granted).  We went out for dinner.  My sister had been in this area so luckily we knew what local cuisine was safe  to partake in.  We chose a Mexican restaurant.  Honestly, I can't recommend this place.  Food wasn't bad but the service was very O.o

We were so proud of ourselves for our successful adventure that day we decided to reward ourselves with a frozen treat from Dairy Queen.  My sister didn't appreciate that I ordered a Georgia Mudpie without the pecans.  But as I politely told her.... "I don't want nuts in my ice cream DANG IT!"

We returned to the lodge with our loot in hand and had a great time parking our already well fed behinds on the balcony's lawn chairs.

As night fell, we took comfort in vegging out in front of the tv watching programs I'd never have watched independently or turn into a repeat habit.  Shows like America's Got Talent and other reality shows that always miss my radar for "quality tv."

End Day One.

Stay tuned for my next post and a few fun pictures from our adventures in White Bluff Tennessee.