on thursday we caravanned through the mountains to Clingmans Dome. it is the highest point on the Appalachian trail.
here was a snap shot of where we started. have i mentioned how much i LOVE the mountains.
here are a few of the kids at the base of the hike. from where we parked it was a half mile hike pretty much straight up hill.
some of our group coming up the trail.
grandma took a turn carrying ayla up the mountain. ayla was enjoying the ride! grandma said at one point she was pulling her hair like a pony. "getty up!"
They had different areas to stop and rest along the way. Here are Uncle Joey, Julia and Alex taking a breather.
even though Ayla was not walking, i guess she decided she needed to steal grandpas walking stick.
woo hoo! we made it to the top. doesn't everyone look so excited!
same with this group. i think everyone was enjoying the view. it was cloudy but still pretty.
kael and alayna. kael decided he was going to marry her. we will have to discuss how cousins work later. ;0)
toby and cullan.
ok. cullan followed toby around all week. he is still talking about him. he wanted to wear his phineas and ferb shirt this day because he say that toby was wearing one also. i thought it was really cute.
i wanted to get a family picture with the beautiful mountains behind us. this was the best we could do. this was after we came back down the mountain. oh well. after 5 shots i gave up. At least everyone is in the picture, right?
Ayla was such a good baby the whole time. Just happy as can be. She did not complain one bit. she would just ride in her back pack and smiled and squealed the whole time.
Garran and I. (any Ayla)
see. such a happy baby! i love those teeth!
Aunt Britt and Brina hanging out after we got back down to the bottom.
tessa, aunt jerusha, garran and ayla
cullan walking down the mountain with me.
aunt jerusha, uncle joe and jadelyn. the "caboosees" as cullan calls them.
Grandma and Grandpa
coming back down the mountain.
we had a little trouble with our breaks on the way down the mountain. it is not hard for that to happen driving up and down those steep hills. so we had to pull over for a bit and rest them. i was worried about causing more damage if we continued on, so we just waited and gave them a little rest. while we waited the group moved on to the picnic area. we met up with them later and had some lunch and then moved on to our next destination.
mingus mill was a fun little farm. it was set up to show how things were done a long long time ago! it was fun for the kids to be able to run around. they had animals on the farm that were running around and in pins. it was great.
this was the family house. it was not very big, but i am sure it served their purpose just fine.
kael was so funny. we were checking this house out together. i said, "Kael, what do you think of this house?" he said, "it is old. we can not have this house it is just to old".
Kael by the kitchen.
here are charleigh and breia checking out the chicken coup.
can you imagine working your farm every day with this view. i am sure it did not make the work any easier but at least you would have a nice view.
garran and I trying to get a picture together. at the last minute ayla decided to join us.
more shots of their view.
the back part of the farm from a distance.
i have so many pictures from our trip, i could never blog them all. i might just post one big album on facebook. we will have to wait and see. this was our last full day in the mountains, but we still had a lot to do. more post to come!!
1 comment:
LOVE the pic with you, Garran and Ayla peeking out! Also, Kael... you can't marry your cousin!!! :O)
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