For Emily and I, Dollywood is pretty much Mecca. Dolly Parton is my idol.
Dollywood totally didn't disappoint. It's definitely one of the tackier places on the planet, but in an absolutely fantastic way. Did you know that Dollywood houses a large bald eagle sanctuary? Yeah, neither did I.
There were also a lot of Bible verses posted all over the place AND unhealthy food to eat like everywhere else.
Emily and I wore the tour T-shirts I made and got a lot of funny looks, but we didn't really care. We were just getting in the Dolly spirit.
Here we are in front of a model of her "Tennesse Mountain Home"- Crikey that thing was small!
We went on a lot of fun rides and the lines weren't bad at all because it was the first week back in school for a lot of school districts. There were roller coasters and even a train ride.
Then we went to a screening of "Heartsong"- a hilarious multi-sensory movie wherein Dolly sings songs inspired by Tennessee. It "rained" inside the theater, there were animatronic butterflies flapping around and we even got splashed by water when a kid jumped into a swimming hole on the screen. Cheese-tastic.
After Heartsong, we paid a visit to the Dolly museum, which, for us was really the coolest part. We weren't allowed to take pictures in there, but it was full of really neat artifacts from Dolly's career, including costumes from one of my favorite movies ever: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (If you haven't seen it, rent it!). They had all sorts of awesome clothes from her closet (my GOD that woman is TINY) and even her Grammy awards (so shiny!).
Each part of Dollywood had a different theme. These pictures were from the "Country Fair" section...giant pickles and potatoes...Okay, Dolly, sure...
Before we left, we made a trip to the Dollywood Emporium (that's seriously what it's called)- which might be the second best thing about Dollywood. We got a bunch of great souvenirs, including a travel mug I use to carry my coffee every morning that says "I will always love you, Dolly." Awesome.
We will always love YOU, Dolly.
On the way home we picked up a pack of hot dogs and cooked them up for dinner and even purchased some VEGGIES!
Then it started raining. Thank goodness we had purchased a tarp, but we still got a bit wet due to the small tent/no rain fly problem. But, we couldn't be mad because it was so beautiful at our Tennessee Mountain Home.
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