My Visit to Tennessee

My visit to AmericanGirlRescue’s doll hot – er, house, is over and I will really miss my new friends – especially the male ones! Visiting with the 26 other dolls there (yes, you read that right…26!) was fun but being around real boys was even more fun! We don’t have any boys at home, just real girls and dolls (and one very understanding dad), so it was fun to hang out with guys for a change. I got to go so many places while I was in Tennessee, too!

The first day I hung around the dollhouse and made friends with the other dolls. The dollhouse is HUGE; no wonder K wants one just like it! And guess what? THERE IS A DOLL THERE WHO LOOKS JUST LIKE ME! I mean, it was like looking in a mirror. Her name is Lily Flower (isn’t that a beautiful name?).

I didn’t rest for long, though; next thing I knew, AGR’s family (including three of the dolls) and I were on the road to Indiana! I got to stop at Krispy Kreme (I love the glazed donuts!), and White Castle (the burgers are almost my size, and even if they are square they are sooo good) and I had my picture taken as we entered Kentucky and Indiana. And, of course, I had to have a picture in a corn field, too! Good thing I don’t have hay fever. We also stopped at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (the boys said I should call it “Indy”) but they wouldn’t let me drive a race car. Nuts.

The boys made it up to me when we got home, though…they took me for a ride on a dirt bike and a go-kart! They made sure I wore my helmet and glasses so I would be nice and safe and went r-e-a-l-l-y fast (well, it seemed fast to me!). I had the best time. The other dolls and I also got to hang out in the tree house (of course, Kit was there. She has a thing for treehouses).

Have you ever been to a hotel with a water park in it? Well, for middle-brother’s birthday we went to the music Road Hotel in Pigeon Forge, TN and they have one there! I spent a little time hanging out by the pool but my favourite place was the NASCAR Speedpark. I got my picture taken with a NASCAR race car! (But they wouldn’t let me drive it. Nuts.) The boys got to drive racecars around the track, though, so I got to cheer them on!

AGR’s Kit and I went to see the Kit Kittredge: An Ameican Girl movie while I was there, too. Grace came along (she sat in our laps and was very quiet like a good dog). I LOVED the movie, even if it will make our Kit hard to live with now that she is a star!

My trips in The Box on my way to my next hosts won’t be as boring now thanks to AGR; I have my very own little Rubik’s cube to keep me busy! Did you know the Rubik’s Cube was introduced at the 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville? We visited the World’s Fair Park and I got to see the first (six foot!) cube and the Sunsphere, a beautiful structure built for the fair.

I had the best time in Tennessee, and will miss all my new friends…especially the boys! I really wish we had some of our own at home. (That would make K’s dad happy, I bet, but he says he and K’s mom are already outnumbered, even without the dolls, so I’m not holding out much hope.)

If you get a chance to visit Tennessee, GO! You’ll love it!