Mountain Vacation Part 2

Well, here I am again with more pictures and commentary on the trip.

One thing I love about vacation is how you don't have to dress up. You don't even have to wear make up because you won't see anyone you know! Love it!! We did dress up one night and go to a "nice" restaurant. I put that in quotes because it was in a gas station. It was a really nice place with great food but in a gas station! We took some pictures of everyone before we left.

This was the view off the porch! Paradise!

Wednesday we went gem mining. Franklin is the gem mining capital of the world. So there are all these places where you pay for a bucket of dirt then look through it for rocks. Ben enjoyed doing it. It was fun to see him get excited about the rocks. He can't wait to take them to school.

This is also what we did a lot of on the trip. Lots of naps!! It was great. We all enjoyed the down time away from our busy schedules. We read lots of books and just enjoyed hanging together. We barely turned the TV on all week and our phones didn't work up there.

Thursday we went hiking at Wayah Bald. Funny story about that to come. It was a great place to lookout and see 3 states. So beautiful!

For lunch we went and ate at the Dillard House in Dillard GA. It is a family style restaurant where they serve you all the good Southern home cookin' at the table! Yummy!!

This little girl loved it! I think she ate her weight in food.

The Dillard House is set on beautiful grounds and they have a petting zoo that the kids loved. Love this face!

Ben talking to a goat!

A cow we think.

The horses

Kate loved all the animals.

So that is it. I won't bore you with more. It was a great vacation! We had a blast. We did some fun things but also just enjoyed our time together away. Now it is back to real life!!