This post is in partner with Bryson City. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Please read my disclaimer page for more information. Last week, my family and my brother-in-law and his children went to the mountains for a winter vacation. I have always wanted to go to the mountains during Christmas time and this year, it came to fruition. Derrek and his brother actually planned this trip and I was just tagging along for the ride. They wanted to surprise the kids and take them to the Polar Express in Bryson City, North Carolina.  What I knew before we went to Bryson City was that it was the town…