Here's the explanation (like I need to explain myself):
When one moves you have to get all the lasts or always wanted to do's out of you.
Also, Mat had some vacation time left that we were supposed to use for moving, but that sounded so colorless, so instead, we opted to go on a road trip.
Lastly, you realize that you have secure trusting friends who are willing to tolerate your kids over night. I might not have these friends in West Virginia. EVER!
Here goes one of our last North Carolina adventures
Mat thought of this goal when we lived in Pennsylvania to hike all of the high points of each state. We've done 6 and we thought we'd grab the 3 mountains sitting in the southwest nook of NC (SC, GA, and TN). The trip was 15 hours of driving so to knock some of that driving off we drove down Sunday night. I was too cheap to book a hotel and suggested that we just sleep in our van (down by the river) at a church parking lot. It was a perfect plan, Mat's long toes even had room to sprawl out!
Until... our Mr. Police officer came by to spotlight us through the window. How did he even find us? We were tucked nicely between the large oak and the dumpster. He was a little leery about our intentions, but he let us go ahead with our crazy plan anyway.
Sassafras Mountain, SC
Very buggy and only a five minute walk to the top. We had to eat our granola swatting or pacing around the parking lot.
Brasstown Bald, GA
It's a breathtaking view and Mat proposed that we date longer. Side note, we totally had this other couple believing that we had just gotten engaged- Wha! Wha!
Clingman's Dome, TN
In the great Smokey Mountains. About a mile hike on a steep incline. Oh! The hike felt good on the car stricken legs!
Done. There you have it. We watched a few movies while driving home and now we're really going to start packing, REALLY!
3 comments:
You little rascals getting caught by the po-po. What fun adventures you guys go gon!
You really do have great adventures. Congrats on the engagement.
Hey- just catching up on the Harris travelog. That's awesome you had a a little getaway and even better that the Po-lice caught you "parking" love it! I hope moving goes/went well and let me know when you need an escape from WV- we'd love to have you or meet somewhere. We had a little Hershey Reunion in Utah and missed you guys! talk to you soon...
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