The Plan and What Went Right

First, take the kids to meet the Easter Bunny and to go egg hunting at the university: This went well enough. They examined the hiding field, discussed their mutual goals, planned their strategy, found 40 plus eggs, and divided them fairly without so much as a frown of disagreement (and people say only children are spoiled and don't know how to share).

Next, get on the Blue Ridge Parkway and see fabulous mountain views like this one
And this waterfall.

Next, find a nice hotel with balconies and flowing water in Cherokee, North Carolina. Visit the Cherokee Museum and the Oconaluftee Indian village. Oconaluftee was closed for the season. But the Museum of the Cherokee Indian was very good, with enough reading and visuals and artifacts to be informative and interesting. Please note that this museum, built, maintained and operated entirely by Cherokee, is NOT called the "Museum of the Cherokee Native American."