We wanted at least one day to have our meal out be breakfast. That is, apparently, a huge "thing" in Gatlinburg so there are lots of pancake houses and breakfast options. Some of my Ohio cousins who vacation often in the area recommended Mama's Farmhouse. It is a traditional Southern breakfast...and it's all you can eat.
Our meal looked like this: award-winning biscuits and gravy, cheese grits, hashbrown casserole, fresh fruit, scrambled eggs, waffles, sausage, bacon, chicken tenders, chocolate gravy (basically warm chocolate pudding you put on your biscuits or waffle), cinnamon pinwheels, and homemade strawberry and peach preserves. It was still served family style with a small portion of everything brought to our table. We simply asked for the items we wanted more of (Camden = bacon!).
In the side yard of the restaurant, there is a small kids play area. Camden and a young boy played for a bit before we left.
Then we were off to WonderWorks for the day. One of the best kid/science focused museums we've been too. Her teacher, Mr. Sayler, had just been with his family in the fall and told us that we should check it out.
The premise is some secret lab exploded and it landed upside down here. We had to go inside, get inverted (in the wildest, mind-boggling tunnel), and then be able to do the activities in the lab.
She completed a scavenger hunt as we made our way through the interactive exhibits, learning some of the random facts in each of the themed rooms. They also had several rides to enjoy - her favorite being the 360 bicycle. She was too short to really help peddle, but got a "holy guacamole" ride.
In the space room, there was an amazing glow-in-the-dark ropes course, but the line was terribly long and she doesn't like them well enough to wait.
They gyroscope was a blast too. Trying to simulate what weightlessness feels like in space.
Camden chickened out on the bed of nails, but Kevin showed her it didn't hurt (although he reports it actually did a little and his calves had pockmarks in them for a while).
Bubbles are always fun!
We also got a game of laser tag included and $8 worth of tokens in the game room because she completed the scavenger hunt.
To round out our day, we stopped back at the Big Top Arcade where our go-kart passes were to do their third race and spend our $20 of arcade passes. We waited to use these until today, because the games were all 1/2 price on Wednesday so our money went farther.
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