Chimney Rock

Today we went to Chimney Rock. We had fond memories of this place from many years ago when these two girls were toddling. Where does the time go?

Great views were had by all.

 

With this our little vacation came to an end. We did it! We would not be denied. We did not do it to prove that we could - No, we did it because we wanted to. We wanted another experience that we would share with one another always - for all of our days. No pandemic - or anything else should be able to take that away. Girls (including Megan) I love you always and I can't wait until our next adventure.

Tubing

Today led us to Bryson City and a little ways out of town to our tubing site. The car looked like this at the tubing pick-up.

The car would staff loaded like this until we finished with lunch. Megan once again was very prepared for our family and such was great.

Everyone had to carry 

After tubing we found our way to the gym mine. Conveniently located on the premises where we turned in our rafts.

 

In the afternoon we made our way to Sylva. We could tell this was a tourist town for sure - but not this year. Almost everything was closed. We still had a great time.

White Water

 

Day two is white water rafting! Again - from the time we made the reservation to the day that we rode the rapids we were day-to-day. They planned to be open and we planned to ride the raft. Other than that it would be a matter of showing up and seeing what was at hand. As it turned out, it was a green light for our trip so we were off.

Brave

Olivia and Addison take the big LEAP!

Someone has to keep us all on course.

Lunch

Cherokee

Day one was the Cherokee Indian Reservation.  The museum was open,  although we were almost the only ones there. You can see that the bear out front was sporting a mask and so were we. None of the other attractions were open - including the "Unto These Hills" outdoor drama. We were bummed but we knew it would be a long shot. So, we enjoyed the museum.

We like to hike to falls and they continue to fall no matter world conditions. We mad our way to Mingo Falls the tallest falls in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park.

It wasn't really a hike unless you count stairs. There were a lot of those.

The beauty and splendor did not disappoint.

After we OOOOed, Awed, and played in the water. Megan took the opportunity to take pictures.