Spring Break 2021 - Day 2

We took it easy this morning and then headed to one of my favorite spots for a picnic…Greenbrier. My family would always come to this exact spot (and I was always upset if it wasn’t available) for picnics. It was so nice because it was never crowded and had plenty of area to play in the water. I was so excited when I walked up to it from the parking lot and saw it empty. We spent the morning here enjoying our lunch, playing in the creek (although it was super cold) and collecting rocks (mostly Zoe).

That afternoon, we headed to Pigeon Forge for gem mining. The girls were super excited about this adventure because they both love collecting gems and crystals. They had a blast mining and it was fun to go to another place I went as a kid with my friends, Betsy and Katie, who we always camped with. I told the girls about the time that our dads tricked us all by sneaking fools gold into our buckets and made us all believe we found gold.