Day 3

 Got up to a rainy day so we spent the morning playing cards. 

Our living room
Tree huggers at the restaurant

After lunch at the Riverside Cafe, we headed to the Mountain Park Aquarium and Natural Sciences Center.

Now John, this is a blue cat. 



Sucker fish, very fun to watch
Poison dart frogs - really creepy






Boa
Bearded dragon
African gray Congo parrot
Parrot entertaining us
Bob white quail
Tennessee Red quail

Bobcat
Kody playing with the bobcat
Copperhead 
Colleen standing well back from the snakes 
Beard long tongues
Artemisia, mugwort, sage bush
Otter
After enjoying the aquarium, we drove to The Holy City. 
The Holy City was founded by Reverend Anthony Mark Wallock. He thought the granite outcrops with the evergreen trees tucked throughout resembled the hills and mountains of Judea, and became inspired by a vision of a New Jerusalem. The New Jerusalem was built out of native stone and became a natural amphitheater for the annual Easter pageant, which began in 1926. 








Herod’s court
Not sure we belong on the thrones but here we sit. 





Kody and Miss Grabby again
We are on the boat. 

Reminded me of my grandaddy’s purple irises 
Prairie dogs
We think this might keep the sun off. 
Even though we didn’t get to go for a hike today, we thoroughly enjoyed the aquarium and the Holy City, and mostly just being together. We’ve had lots of laughs, great conversation and nourishment for the soul. Will be so sorry for our time together to end tomorrow. 












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  1. AnonymousApril 27, 2023 at 5:39 AM

    Thanks ladies, Carol, Colleen and Kody for the time together, the laughs, the memories, the gin rummy card games, the talks but mostly for your sweet and blessed friendship. And as long as we can keep doing these “hikes”.
    “A journey is best measured in friends, not in miles” Tim Cahill

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