fall waterfall tour

Bearwallow Falls

View from overlook at Gorges State Park

Schoolhouse Falls

Warden Falls

Lemon Falls

French Broad Falls

Mill Shoals Falls

Bird Rock Falls

View downstream from Bird Rock

Dill Falls

Upper Dill Falls

Forest Road

Leaves at Montreat College

hiking & camping at stone mountain

camping on north harper creek

happy halloween!

Gromit says Happy Halloween!

happy anniversary!

 Spending our anniversary with my favorite boys on some of my favorite trails!

go giants

Gromit is cheering for the Giants in his new baseball costume (thanks MM!).

appalachian trail | day 3

The firetower on top of Rich Mountain.

The beautiful view from the firetower (taken last night)

Heading down off of Rich Mountain back to Hot Springs.

A parting shot of the French Broad River as we headed home.

appalachian trail | day 2

Seth doing what Seth does best...reading a map!

Joan and Tilly bein' silly.  :)

Our campsite on top of Rich Mountain (complete with picnic table!).

Tilly got bored and decided to snack on our firewood.

Gromit got jealous and they decided to play tug-of-war.

They finally tired each other out.

appalachian trail | day 1

At the start of the AT in Hot Springs...

Gromit passed out after the first mile!

Tilly jumped right into the dirty pond (which turned out to be the only water source we would pass for quite a while)!

Tilly was not allowed anywhere close to the tent (see above picture if you need a reason why!). 

Seth is hanging out in the hammock after a hard day of huffin' it. 

special wishes

Gromit has a special message for his Grammy & Big E...

"You've been married 34 years without driving each other nuts?  

Now that's cause for celebration!"

...and for his grandpoppies...

"It's your birthday--go nuts!"

can we send it back?

Gromit's new backpack came in the mail today.  He's ready to go hiking!

it's going to bee okay

Gromit sends a special note to his grandmommies...

"Everything's gonna beeee okay!"

gromit's new address

Now that the giant cabinet is gone from the dining room, Gromit's bed has a new location.  I spent the entire day cleaning the floors, dusting, and putting food into the new/old pantry.  It's so nice to take pride in my house again!

you talkin' to me?

What are you looking at?

More of Gromit's amazing acrobatic feats--fitting his wide booty on a 10 inch wide bench.  :)

now you see me, now you don't

Gromit saw me spying on him from the kitchen window...

When I pulled out the camera, he tried to hide from me!  I love this dog!