Home Sweet Home

We are home for our long weekend in the mountains. We had a really nice time. The weather was uncoroperative, but we were still able to do most everything we had planned to. We just got a little wet in the process.

We arrived Saturday morning and had a wonderful breakfast at a family style restuarant called Daniel Boone Inn. If you are ever in the Boone, NC area, you really must try it. Then we went fishing for most of the day at 2 lakes in the area. We didn't catch a whole lot, but the kids had a lot of fun. I think we have found a new weekend hobby for the whole family.

We also did some hiking at the Moses Cone Manor on the Blue Ridge Parkway and around Bass Lake. It is such a gorgeous area!

Sunday we were surprised to wake up to light rain. All we the forecast had been for partly sunny. So much for meterologists. Anyhow, we toured Linville Caverns, hiked to the stunning Linville Falls, and stopped at a Gem Mining place for the kids to pan for "jewels". We all had a great time. We ended up spending the evening in our room playing UNO. With the rain we couldnt' do anything outdoors, and all the stores and attractions closed at 6:00.

We had planned to do a little more fishing and visit The Blowing Rock on Monday morning before returning home, but it was POURING rain when we woke up. The kids were disappointed, but we promised to go back that way this fall and visit the sites we missed. We stopped at a mall in Hickory on the way home to eat lunch and walk around for a bit.

All in all it was a very nice weekend away with our whole family. We had a lot of fun, yet it was still nice to get home. As they say, there's no place like home. Besides, we missed our puppies like crazy!