Blue Ridge Parkway

This last weekend we were able to go to the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. It is peak time for the leaves to change colors and also there are a few festivals to enjoy. David and I have made a tradition of going up there in October. The first time we went, I was 8 months pregnant and we camped. The second year we went up Eliza was 10 months and we camped. Well this year Fenton is 6 weeks old and I really didn't want to tent camp with a little infant so I looked into getting a cabin. David was very disappointed that we weren't going camping. He said that I was a wuss and that his son needed to man up and tent camp. So I compromised and looked for the most primitive of cabins. I found a 18 feet by 10 feet cabin that had only 3 sets of bunk beds, a light bulb and a space heater. That meant that we could still have our fire and David could still cook outside but we didn't have to worry about the weather and wind and rain. It was appropriately called the camping cabin. We are sooooo lucky that we did get this little cabin because every night it froze. It was so cold.

We left Friday and took our time getting up there. We stopped and picked some delicious apples at a orchard, took some pics, and had some lunch.

We planned on attending the Wooly Worm festival. this is a festival similar to the ground hogs day, but this determines the winter. They race little fuzzy worms up a string and the winner of all 40 heats is analyzed and the stripes on the worm determine the winter. It is a fun little festival and we raced our wooly worms. We both lost miserably but it was still fun.

We also drove around on some crazy side roads and found a little place for David to fish. It was fun to get lost on some dirt roads that very well have lead us to tennessee.

Sunday we went to church and drove around and enjoyed the beautiful scenery. The colors were great and the weather was much better on Sunday.

We packed up and came home monday. It was a great trip to get away from the house and enjoy the mountains. We both really miss them being close.

The kids did really great on the trip. Eliza loved it and Fenton was a trooper. The downfall of this all is that we are all sick, accept for David. Poor little kids.

The house is coming really close to move in. It is all painted, the tile is in, the bottom kitchen cupboards are in, the bathroom vanity is in. We have the detail work to do and the carpet. We are still hoping for next Friday... we are praying!!!