Spring Break 2021 Part 2

On Thursday we escaped to the mountains for a few days.  The weather was looking quite iffy, but we had already booked a place and a ziplining tour so we decided to risk it and head out of town anyway.

We arrived and went straight to the zip line at Hawksnest.  It sprinkled a little bit and was quite cool, but we all had a blast!  Our tour guides Dill and Lill were fantastic, which made the experience even better.

                                                

My favorite picture from the weekend away was Preston flying his drone at sunrise.

Friday morning we started the day by hiking at a place close to our rental.  The trails weren't very long, but it was still a nice hike for us all.

We headed back to the house and decided to pack lunches and venture out for some more intense hiking!  I had no idea where we would end up but boy were we in for an adventure!

Most of the hike was by the waterside and many times we had to cross the stream and all ended up with wet feet.  There was also one point where Preston opted to crawl across the tree over the water since it wasn't passable otherwise. . . well other than balancing on the branch.

These are just a few pictures of our 6+ mile hiking adventure at Julian Price Park.  We did get lost on the way back (even though it was just a complete circle, we still managed to take a wrong turn) and were all STARVING by the time we finally made it back to the car.  However, it was quite an amazing hike with awesome views and lots of quality time together.  Once we finally made it back I quickly grabbed lunches and we ate at the picnic table just before the heavy rain set in.

We enjoyed dinner at Macado's via take-out after some shopping in downtown Boone and decided to head back to Charlotte early because the weather forecast for Saturday looked terrible with storms and heavy rain.  Although it was cut short by a bit, we all still had a great time and enjoyed being able to escape for a little bit on Spring break!