Labby Outdoors

We had a BBQ and family baby shower for Cody and Hadyn to celebrate the coming of Grayson later this month.

We had a old people vs young people volleyball game at Cody and Hadyn's baby shower gathering. April 7, 2024

June 2023 - When we visited Anakeesta in Gatlinburg for the first time, we purchased tickets to the Astra Lumina night walk. It opens after the sun goes down. I recommend seeing visiting Anakeesta and seeing Astra Lumina at least once. It was a neat experience.

June 10, 2023. We visit Gatlinburg every year, but this was our first trip to Anakeesta. This place is really neat and you must visit it at least once. Then again, they are steadily adding new attractions, so future return visits are likely for us. On this trip to Anakeesta we went in the evening after 5pm. There are many places to sit in a chair and take in the surrounding mountain views. Anakeesta has multiple restaurants offering a variety of food options. We settled on the Smokehouse restaurant. The mountain mac and nachos were delicious. If you're not into riding chair lifts that are becoming more and more popular in Gatlinburg, there is a shuttle bus that runs up and down the mountain. We did not do the dueling zipline, but I hope to in a future visit.

June 2023 - If you plan to travel to the Smoky Mountains during the summer, you should add Deep Creek to your agenda. Deep Creek is on the North Carolina side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Tubes can be rented at nearby businesses but we bought ours at Walmart. They held up just fine. There is no cost to enter the park or float the river. If you go you must have a parking pass to park your vehicle for more than 15 minutes anywhere in the National Park.

In this video we hike up to Mount LeConte Lodge via the Alum Cave trail. It is an 11 mile hike with a 3,061 ft elevation gain. After having a picnic lunch at the LeConte Lodge we hiked a little higher to Cliff Tops to enjoy the view. Great Smoky Mountains. This video was filmed with a Samsung Galaxy S20. Music by Joystock - https://www.joystock.org

Rapid Expeditions 3605 Hartford Rd, Hartford, TN 37753 www.rapidexpeditions.com Located about 40 minutes West of Gatlinburg, TN in the Great Smoky Mountains. If you look up the location on the map you'll see all the other rafting companies are right in the same area. You have the option of a upper and/or lower river package. The upper begins at the hydroelectric plant where the water is released and has more rapid water. The lower begins at their physical location and is much calmer. We chose to do the upper twice back to back. The second trip was more fun as the river had more time to rise from the release of water. This was our first time whitewater rafting and we really enjoyed it. Our guide was very knowledgeable and his experience made our experience very enjoyable. In the video you will see two of our riders get tossed out of the raft. This is not common but can happen. Neither were injured and we all had a good laugh. Filmed with a GoPro Hero 3 in waterproof case.

Climbworks Zipline in Gatlinburg, TN June 25, 2022. If you plan to zipline in the Smoky Mountains Climbworks is a MUST!! It is the only zipline in the area that has 2 lines so you can zip with someone else. The guides were great and it was a wonderful experience for our family. We will definitely be back. Shot with a GoPro Hero 3.