Happy Birthday, Justin !!

Happy 35th. Enjoy the day !!

Snow and Cold !!

This morning the weather was worst than Minnesota ! At 9:00am the temp was 34, the skies overcast and the wind gusting to 30+ mph. At 10:00am it starting snowing. The sun came out briefly this afternoon, but the weather has definitely changed. Camille went out at 8:30am and played nine holes. I decided to cancel: Too cold to play !

Buck Springs Trail

This morning we had brilliant blue skies, a brisk wind and a temperature of 38 degrees. The hike attracted thirteen (13) hikers due to having lunch at the end of the hike at the Pisgah Inn. The Pisgah Inn is on the Blue Ridge Parkway and is only open from May thru October. Here are some pictures from the Blue Ridge Parkway looking east.

After getting to the Pisgah Inn around 12:45pm the place was overcrowded with tourist's driving the Blue Ridge Parkway. There must have been over 35 people waiting in line for the restaurant. We put our name on the wait list, but after 45 minutes everyone wanted to eat, since we hiked over six miles up the mountain. The regulars from Champion Hills knew exactly where to go. We ended up in Brevard (10 minute drive) and ate at a great place called the Hobnob. The restaurant is a converted old house and the food was great. Since everyone was hungry, we would have liked anything they had. We got home at 4:00pm and had a good nap. Great way to start the week !!

Happy Birthday, David !!

Sending our birthday greetings to you on this great fall day.

Love,
Mom and Dad

Looking Glass Mountain Hike

Due to operator error, I have to post an additional posting to get the photos in the right sequence. (Maybe I should have started prior to having some wine!!)

North Carolina - Fall 2008

Here is the place where we are staying this month. It has four (4) bedrooms, but we only needed one.

Today, 10/20, we went on a 6.4 mile hike. We hiked up a 2000 foot elevation trail and ended up on top of Looking Glass Mountain. Here are some additional photos, looking down.