J and I decided at the last minute to hit the mountains. We loaded and loaded (I don't know how folks with tons of kids have room for all the coats, hats, gloves, changes of clothes, etc., to leave for ONE DAY in the winter.)...food, picnic stuff, and more winter clothes! So, we were off early the next morning after I got my cappuccino. We were embarking on some new territory in NC and lots of dirt roads were involved. Jonas worries me on the dirt roads he uses, but we did not get lost after all and there were lots of great campsites that we found for our lunch picnic. We got 2 miles out of the kids and were following the river most of the time...it was gorgeous! No one fell in and no one slipped on any ice bridges and most of all no one fell off any of the sheer cliffs...we were thankful. We took my nephew (a city slicker) and he did great and commented that he "had not had this much fun in years." I laughed. Then, we found lots of icicles for the kids to enjoy at 2 waterfalls. We then found a fun hill for the kids to slide down and throw snowballs. Both boys came home with nice bruised faces since the snow balls here are much like ROCKS! The next great surprise was that all the sidewalks to one of the waterfalls were iced over. This made for great "ice skating" as the boys called it...they skated down the sidewalks clinging to some fencing for a while. What great free entertainment. Jonas and I even did it; It really was fun. I was glad that I brought a Rubbermaid container of junk so that we could use the top to sled. I was thrilled that they were so thrilled over the snow. They both said they wanted to live there. Everyone fell asleep on the way home and J and I thought the whole day turned out much better than we could have ever imagined. I love when expectations are exceeded.
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