Jones Family Vacation 2011

Every two years my dad's family gets together for a Mayhle family reunion. This year we all met in Cave City, KY which is about 13hrs from us. We wanted to make a family vacation of it so we also went to Branson, MO on the way back. We left our house at 3am on July 1st and drove all day.

Thank goodness for the DVD player! Jensen was happy the whole time and Jorden did ok too even though he did talk a whole lot and it got tiring for us to hear after a while

We did make one stop on the way at Cooter's place, a Dukes of Hazzard museum in Nashville, TN. Jeff loved the show as a kid and now he and the boys love to watch it together

Jeff. Jorden and Jensen with the General Lee

The reunion was at Jellystone park, a Yogi Bear themed campground with lots of fun activities for the kids. We stayed in this cabin and it was perfect for us. They had a pool with a waterslide, a little parade and fireworks. We also loved making s'mores over the campfire.

 

My dad and his sisters Ruth, Dolly and Patty. His sister Gloria and brother Jim could not make it. We had a fun time visiting with everyone but I wish we could have stayed longer. I also wish we had time to go visit my mom's side of the family that live a few hours from there but there just wasn't enough hours in the day

Mammoth Cave was right near the campgrounds so we went on a tour. It wasn't as impressive as other caves but it felt good to go underground out of the heat

We left the reunion on July 4th and drove about 8hrs to Branson. We had two day passes to Silver Dollar City which is a theme park set in the 1880's and has rides and people doing craftsmanship from the time. We also took the boys to a go cart track with an arcade so we had a lot of fun.

 
This was our van we rented. The drive was great, the boys slept really well away from home and we made tons of great memories so I'd say it was a success. We made it home safely on July 6th