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Roan mountain

Posted on August 24, 2009 by sarah Leave a comment

Super hiking boy.Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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Day 2 – Tweetsie…

Posted on August 24, 2009 by sarah Leave a comment

Yesterday, we began calling around a bit, to find out hours, prices, etcetera, for some of our potential stops. Upon calling tweetsie, we learned that they were now only open on the weekend (since school starts tuesday – makes sense). … Continue reading →

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Mountain Vacation – Days 0 and 1.

Posted on August 23, 2009 by sarah Leave a comment

We made it to the mountains on Friday evening with little fan fair. fan fare? whatever. we’re here. On friday night, we unloaded, made a grocery run and headed down to the lake to feed the ducks and take a … Continue reading →

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we’ll be comin’ ’round the mountain….

Posted on August 21, 2009 by sarah Leave a comment

the day is finally upon us… tomorrow, derek and isaac and i will depart for the mountains for a much needed vacation. isaac is excited because all he knows about the mountains is that thomas the train was there last … Continue reading →

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day out with thomas…

Posted on August 11, 2009 by sarah Leave a comment

a few weeks (months?) back, we went out to blowing rock to tweetsie railroad for the “day out with thomas”… thus began isaac’s obsession with thomas the train… here are some pics. if you click on any of them, the … Continue reading →

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see that rock?

Posted on March 12, 2009 by sarah Leave a comment

yesterday (that last of the beautiful days), carlye, isaac and i piled into the rodeo and headed off to pilot mountain for a little bit of outdoor fun. i brought the backpack for isaac to ride in style. little did … Continue reading →

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the week in pictures

Posted on August 28, 2008 by sarah Leave a comment

we rode the ski lift up sugar mountain: the beautiful (sarcasm) scenery from the top of sugar: swimming in the resort pool: playing with the light switch. a new favorite activity: sliding down the roller slide at the banner elk … Continue reading →

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mountain vacation

Posted on August 24, 2008 by sarah Leave a comment

on friday afternoon, derek, isaac and i headed out for a week long family mountain vacation in banner elk, nc. we got in around 7:00, after stopping for some groceries on the way. yesterday, we rode a ski lift up … Continue reading →

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Home

Posted on August 29, 2007 by sarah Leave a comment

Last night, we made a spontaneous decision to head home early. We had hit most of the things we wanted to and were out of ideas, so we figured we could save money and some vacation days for Derek by … Continue reading →

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Vacation Slideshow

Posted on August 28, 2007 by sarah Leave a comment

So, Derek has been diligently posting pictures of our trip to the picasa site.Since our connection to the www.internet.com is sooooo slow, rather than duplicate his work, I figured I would just tap into what he had already accomplished. Here … Continue reading →

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