Anniversary Trip

No, Sienna did not go on our anniversary trip with us, but this was a pretty darn cute picture that had to be included...she's steppin' high in her momma's boots!
Larry and I decided to head to the hills for three days for our anniversary last week, since he would be out of town on our actual date, April 22. Our intention was to stay at Pisgah Inn right on the parkway and spend our time traveling up and parkway, stopping to hike to the 6-8 waterfalls along the way. Well, so much for plans...the parkway was largely closed due to repairs still being made after a very bad winter storm. So much for that idea. The closest falls were about an hour away and we had already hiked those falls before, but, they were lovely and it was a good long hike, so we went for it.

This is Looking Glass Falls:


Hooker Falls:

Then the real hike began to Triple Falls and High Falls:

Larry was good enough to follow me down 100+ steps to the base of the falls. Although it wasn't the going down that was the problem. He was not this happy going back up!!

Our view at the bottom of the stairs:

High Falls was an interesting mix of cascading falls and sliding water down the large flat rock:

The next day we were off a couple of hours to Caesars' Head. It's been redone and is different from our last visit. Growth of trees and errosion has changed his profile a bit, but it was a nice stop. After climbing around Casesar, we found a nice quiet spot with a lovely view and had a snack while reading our book about Personal revelation. It was interesting, we were at the chapter that talked about eliminating the outside noise so we can hear the still voice of inspiration. Nice spot to ponder and read about that!!

It was a nice three days. We had a good time together, read a lot, relaxed, hiked and ate way more than we should...I gained 3 pounds! But oh baby is that French Silk Pie good!!!!

Maybe next time we plan to go up, we'll make sure the parkway is open, and then we can find our new waterfalls!