last day...

And I think we have worn them out.( And I didn't even get to write about the magic show we saw last night - levitation and swapping places with tigers and all. Pretty darn cool. )

No one has moved a muscle around here in hours...we came back from our morning adventure and no one wanted to do anything, even swim. I started to argue, and really really wanted to hit another trail, but they deserve a quiet afternoon. This has been one of the busiest vacations we have taken since Disney. I will say, next year will be a week at the beach again...much more relaxing going on there!

I love my family but spent 45 minutes today walking around alone, at the outlets while they used up the three free rounds of golf we won the other night. The time alone was lushious, only would have been improved slightly by a latte in my hand, but I enjoyed nonetheless. I adore my family, but this is the longest we have been together in a long long time, and I did not realize (well maybe I did a little) how much I miss my alone time. I used to hate being alone.

We went to a place called Rainforest Adventure Zoo this morning. An interesting little collection of animals, that at first I wasn't so certain about(I abhor small rinky dink places that do not seem capable of caring for their animals, like the "zoo" we visited in Wellsboro two years ago that had a brown bear in a 5 by 5 ft cage - pitiful) , but they are all about education, and preservation, most of their animals have been donated, and they breed and rehab - which I always love to support. we saw all sorts of things that even I don't have the energy to share...lemurs that played with us through the glass, colorful talking, dancing, swinging parrots, a serval and other things I have never seen that close up. And wayyyy more reptiles than I care to see in one day, I am not afraid of snakes, but seeing so many in one place at one time, does give one pause to go - ughewww...and shiver now and again....... the place even has a small display of it's own stock of anti-venom "just in case" - and in case you didn't know there are truly only a small number, and I think it is three, of snakes that are truly lethal to humans. Make you ill and wish you were dead, but not truly lethal. How comforting. This is a python, took some talking into on C's part, but of course K loved it and wants one. behind C is this photo is obviously my reaction to her suggestion of wanting one at home. I respect the slithering things in their own habitat, but they do not belong in my house, that I am certain! We also got to touch a porcupine,(George was huge!) tarantula, alligator, cockatoo, and geesh I forget what all else. Also some pretty wild iguana!
I could post many more ewww...shiver inspiring close ups of snakes...but will spare y'all!

We are off again this evening to cade's Cove to try to maybe catch sight one last time, of the elusive brown bear, possibly at dusk...then a nice lazy dinner and mini golf....on the road tomorrow.
Journalling here has been so much easier than writing (since I stink at that) and so much more fun! Why is it a photo inspires so many more words!? Think this is in kinship with the dreaded "sharing the vacation slides friends" when you have contiunously posted about your vacation for days on end!? But I guess since this is my blog, for me, and anyone else choses to read it, you read at your own risk huh??