Mikayla's Blog: My Dream Vacation

When I was younger, I always saw pictures of these beautiful cabins in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee in magazines. I have always asked my parents if we could go stay in one for vacation one summer, but we never ended up planning it, until last year. Last year I told my parents that I was going to be a junior in college and I wanted to finally plan my dream vacation and go to Tennessee. They agreed that we should take this vacation. I immediately started planning the perfect vacation, and I started with a cabin. The search for cabin took the longest; we all had different things we wanted with the cabin, from a loft on the inside to an amazing view of the Smoky Mountains. I had a list of a million things that I wanted to do while we were there. I was about a month into planning this vacation and I think I looked at 500 or so cabins. I wanted a traditional looking cabin, and this vacation couldn’t be anything short of perfect. The perfect vacation was falling into place, and we were all very excited about taking our first family vacation in a while. A couple months later, we finally found a cabin, set a date, planned out what we wanted to see, and invited other family to go, too. Then, it was time to wait for the day to finally come. I downloaded an app that did a countdown to special events. The day finally came, and we were all packed and headed out for Tennessee. When we arrived to our cabin, it was everything we expected and more. The views were absolutely amazing, and the inside of the cabin was magnificent. Some of the activities we did while on vacation included sight-seeing, mountain coasters, Cade’s Cove, Clingman’s dome, tubing, shopping, go-karting, a magic show, and the Dixie stampede. My top three favorite activities we did while in Tennessee were tubing, mountain coasters, and the Dixie Stampede. We took a relaxing trip down the river and enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the Tennessee Mountains. My second favorite activity that we did was the mountain coasters; it was like a roller coaster that slowly took you up in the mountains of Tennessee and then let us go twisting and turning back down the mountain. We actually enjoyed it so much during the day; we went back that night to do it again. My third favorite activity was the Dixie Stampede. It was a dinner show, and I was not sure if I would like it, but it ended up making my top three favorite activities. This Tennessee vacation was one of the greatest things I have ever done. I cannot wait to go back, and I hope I can return sooner than later.