two weekends ago, we made a spur of the moment decision to go on an adventure. derek had read about this place in cooleemee, called the bullhole, which sounds sort of like a bad word. *snicker*. anyhow. it’s a super short hike down to a dam, where there’s some little waterfalls and slippery rocks to […]
hiking
taughannock falls.

i have a friend named mary. she was my camp counselor at ymca camp arthur g. hough. (aka: the most magical place in the universe). she was also a friend of my uncle, who isn’t all that much older than me, now that we are in our 30’s and 40’s. and. she was a substitute […]
memorial day hike and waterfall.

yesterday. we loaded up the lid kids. and headed to hanging rock state park for a day of action packed adventure. side note: i have been hiking at hanging rock. but only to the actual hanging rock. so, whenever people would suggest taking the kids there, i would laugh at the possibility knowing that surely […]
asheville anniversary. with kids.

this past saturday was our 11th anniversary. so, obviously, we packed the kids up for a hike and an overnight trip in asheville. derek had found a short little kid friendly hike online. not much elevation change. cool rocks to climb on. and a waterfall. so, off we went, to toms creek falls… firstly, we […]
see that rock?
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 i know that he would walk/run/climb the entire way (and scream for the 100 feet […]
Hanging Rock
On Saturday (yeah, I know, it’s Wednesday now….I’m BUSY!)… On Saturday, we (me, Derek and Billy N.) went to Hanging Rock State Park, all the way up in Stokes County. We got lost on our hike (again) and wound up 4.5 miles out of our way.So, due to time constraints, we went back to our […]
Pilot Mountain
Derek and I hiked up Pilot Mountain on Saturday. He had just returned from NYC and I from Raleigh, so we were pretty tired. We also haven’t had many carbs in about a week, so we started off slow. We missed the start of the trail (I do not know how!), and wound up hiking […]