Tuesday was a GREAT day! We got up early and headed out with the kids, cooler packed, tennis shoes on, slathered in sun screen. We made a almost three hour drive to one of the most beautiful places that we have been in North Carolina! Chimney Rock Park. UNBELIEVABLE!!
We had such a great time, we started off at the "Great woodland adventure" trail (.6 miles round trip), its a great trail for the kids, as they have all sorts of things for the kids to spot in the woods, facts to read about the park and forest animals. the kids just ate it up!! From there we moved across the street to the "four seasons" trail (1.2 miles round trip) and hiked that all the way to where it connects with "hickory nut" trail (1.5 miles round trip). When we got to our destination, it was all worth it! The water fall though just a trickle really, was amazing!! Just beautiful! The rock was almost black it seemed and the water was perfect for cooling off! So pretty!
After we got back down to the car, we headed further up the mountain...in the car, to Cliff dwellers where you can walk through a tunnel IN THE MOUNTAIN, that was made and you seriously are in the mountain, so cold we could see our breath and a little wet on the floor. You take the tunnel to an elevator that takes you some 26 stories to the top where you can take a short walk to the "chimney rock"! Also sooooo amazing! The views were so pretty! From there we also walked to "The opera box" and "moonshiners cave", a natural cave! All of this means nothing to you really, but if you check out the site, you can see what I am referring to! HA!HA!
The kids did fabulous! Emily seriously RAN through all the trails, as I was about to DIE, there she was saying "common guys", "dad, I will be okay" and "I want to run like the hare"!! Katelyn and Jacob did equally as well, we are so thrilled that the kids love to be outdoors and enjoy exploring with us! Such great memories for our family!
I am trying to post a link to the slide I made, hope it works!!
http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=6bfa22a704ff3d99176c66&skin_id=601&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url
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