Saturday, February 21, 2009

Ober Gatlinburg - Snow Tubing
























































This was our last day with the kids in Gatlinburg, so we made it a fun one! We took a sky tram up in the mountains to a place called Ober Gatlinburg. They make their own snow there and have skiing, snow tubing, Alpine sliding, scenic lifts, ice skating, and more. The first thing we did at Ober was to ride the Alpine slide. It is a long slide that winds down the mountain side and mimics bob sledding. We had a great time racing each other to the bottom. Then, we took a ski lift all the way to the top of the mountain for some beautiful views, oh, and for some hot chocolate! It was cold there! Finally, we made our way over to the snow tubing - what a blast! We got a tube, rode a conveyor belt side walk up to the top, and waited in line to have our turn to race down the snow in our tubes. It was a fast ride down on those slick tubes!

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